Emerging Multimodal Literacy Research Methods

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This alternative session will engage participants in a critical examination of emerging multimodal literacy research methods. The panel will share their methods for analysis, representation, and dissemination of multimodal literacy research, highlighting affordances and constraints. To promote interaction, participants will break out in two rounds of small groups to explore issues in greater depth, as situated within each researcher’s context. The session will end with a facilitator-guided conversation and multimodal dissemination recommendations for LRA.

Content Area

• Area 10: Literacy Technology and Media

Chair

• Elizabeth Baker, University of Missouri

Discussants

• Evan Ortlieb, St. John's University

• William Ian O'Byrne, College of Charleston

Individual Presentations

• Sensing Modal Learning: Finding Meaning-making Pathways - Jennifer Rowsell, Brock University

• Mediated Discourse Analysis: Examining Actions, Modes, and Meanings in Participatory Literacies - Karen Wohlwend, Indiana University

• The Affordances of Page- and Screen-Based Research Reports for Representing Multimodal Interaction - Deborah Wells Rowe, Vanderbilt University

• Multimodal Composing Pattern Abstraction and Microstories through Interactive Infographics - Bridget Dalton, University of Colorado Boulder; Blaine Smith, University of Miami