Papers by Robin Snead
Across the Disciplines, 2016
While a strong case has been made for addressing multimodality in composition, the case has been ... more While a strong case has been made for addressing multimodality in composition, the case has been less clear for WAC/WID and CxC programs and research. Studies of disciplinary communication have documented the use of multiple modes in a number of fields, but few engage directly with theories of multimodality or with multimodality in context of changes related to networked, digital media. This study presents a snapshot of multimodal communication practices and assignments across disciplines developed through a survey of faculty at a research-intensive public university. Quantitative results indicate that, with some disciplinary variation, faculty across disciplines use multiple modes of communication in their professional work, their scholarly communication, and their pedagogy. Qualitative analysis of faculty responses complicates this picture with diverse conceptualizations of the relationships between modes. Themes related to faculty experiences of genre change and to the challenges of communicating about multimodality across disciplines are also addressed. These results justify the need for professional development efforts focused on multimodality in the context of WAC/WID and CxC programs and for continued research on multimodality in university contexts, even as they point to the challenges of communicating across disciplines that lack shared vocabulary.
Computers and Composition, 2014
While a strong case has been made for addressing multimodality in composition, the case has been ... more While a strong case has been made for addressing multimodality in composition, the case has been less clear for WAC/WID and CxC programs and research. Studies of disciplinary communication have documented the use of multiple modes in a number of fields, but few engage directly with theories of multimodality or with multimodality in context of changes related to networked, digital media. This study presents a snapshot of multimodal communication practices and assignments across disciplines developed through a survey of faculty at a research-intensive public university. Quantitative results indicate that, with some disciplinary variation, faculty across disciplines use multiple modes of communication in their professional work, their scholarly communication, and their pedagogy. Qualitative analysis of faculty responses complicates this picture with diverse conceptualizations of the relationships between modes. Themes related to faculty experiences of genre change and to the challenges of communicating about multimodality across disciplines are also addressed. These results justify the need for professional development efforts focused on multimodality in the context of WAC/WID and CxC programs and for continued research on multimodality in university contexts, even as they point to the challenges of communicating across disciplines that lack shared vocabulary.
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WPA-CompPile Research Bibliographies, 2022
Even as none of these questions are settled and though they continue to be pursued through resear... more Even as none of these questions are settled and though they continue to be pursued through research, new questions have arisen. One question centers on the use of the term "transfer," which is now regarded as a simplistic figure of speech. Specifically, the metaphor of "transfer" occludes the complexities inherent in recognizing when prior learning might be applicable and understanding how to transform, adapt, coordinate, or remediate that prior learning for a new writing situation (Wardle, 2007; DePalma and Alexander, 2015; DePalma & Ringer, 2011; Alexander et al., 2016). A second question asks whether there are threshold concepts across disciplines that we might focus on to aid transfer (Adler-Kassner et al. 2012; Adler-Kassner et al., 2017). Third, researchers are considering the importance of reflection and metacognition for transfer (
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