Institutional Literacies: Engaging Academic IT Contexts for Writing and Communic

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Information technologies have become an integral part of writing and communication courses, shaping the ways students and teachers think about and do their work. But, too often, teachers and other educational stakeholders take a passive or simply reactive role in institutional approaches to technologies, and this means they are missing out on the chance to make positive changes in their departments and on campus.Institutional Literacies argues that writing and communication teachers and program directors should collaborate more closely and engage more deeply with IT staff as technology projects are planned, implemented, and expanded. Teachers need to both analyze how their institutions approach information technologies and intervene in productive ways as active university citizens with relevant expertise. To help them do so, the book offers a three-part heuristic, reflecting the reality that academic IT units are complex and multilayered, with historical, spatial, and textual dimensions. It discusses six ways teachers can intervene in the academic IT work of their own institutions: maintaining awareness, using systems and services, mediating for audiences, participating as user advocates, working as designers, and partnering as researchers. With these strategies in hand, educators can be proactive in helping institutional IT approaches align with the professional values and practices of writing and communication programs.

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Stuart A. Selber is associate professor in the Department of English at Pennsylvania State University, where he works as director of digital education and director of the Penn State Digital English Studio. His many books include Multiliteracies for a Digital Age and Solving Problems in Technical Communication, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Preface1 Situating Academic IT2 Historicizing Academic IT3 Spatializing Academic IT4 Textualizing Academic IT5 Engaging Academic ITReferencesIndex

Review

"This book will inform a diverse array of readers and stakeholders on university campuses about the need to develop a set of literate practices to better understand the impact of technology on teaching and learning. Altogether, it is a phenomenal contribution to conversations in rhetoric and composition and beyond that, like so much of Selber's work, will become canonical in a range of disciplines." * Kristine L. Blair, Duquesne University *"In arguing that writing and communication teachers should strategically engage with academic IT, Selber has done the field an important service, providing both grounds and methods for future pedagogical, administrative, and research projects that engage these powerful institutional entities." * Journal of Business and Technical Communication *"A must-read for a diverse array of readers, such as academic IT specialists, teachers, students, school administrators, university stakeholders, and all of those in academia who are increasingly spending more time online, relying more on IT resources, and contributing more content to digital environments." * International Journal of Communication *"In conclusion, Selber's Institutional Literacies expands our understanding of how academic IT units function to enable, constrain, and shape literacy practices. This understanding is particularly useful for teachers in the pandemic context that has significantly increased the need for online education as well as reliance on and collaboration with information technology for teaching and learning purposes." * Composition Forum *

Review Quote

"This book will inform a diverse array of readers and stakeholders on university campuses about the need to develop a set of literate practices to better understand the impact of technology on teaching and learning. Altogether, it is a phenomenal contribution to conversations in rhetoric and composition and beyond that, like so much of Selber's work, will become canonical in a range of disciplines."

Details ISBN022669934X Author Stuart A. Selber Pages 272 Year 2020 ISBN-10 022669934X ISBN-13 9780226699349 Format Paperback Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 378.17344678 Short Title Institutional Literacies Language English Publication Date 2020-09-04 UK Release Date 2020-09-04 AU Release Date 2020-09-04 NZ Release Date 2020-09-04 US Release Date 2020-09-04 Illustrations 5 tables, 2 line drawings Subtitle Engaging Academic IT Contexts for Writing and Communication Publisher The University of Chicago Press Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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