Sample new media assignment wording for course syllabi

“(I encourage creative, multi-media, multi-genre presentations; powerpoints, slide shows, video support, etc. Please note however that these should merely be supportive of the content of the presentation— points will NOT be [sic])” (Igloria 2006).

“We will read, analyze and create: hypertext websites, blogs, pieces of writing in text- and image-based virtual reality (e,g, MOOs and Second Life), and other multimedia compositions” (Whithaus 2006).

“The short talk should have some sort of media — either a PowerPoint or a handout or a web page” (Romberger 2007a).

“Develop rhetorically sound electronic media that fits the needs of multiple audiences and is suitable for the context” (Romberger 2007b).

“Collaborative course project (30%). The project may be a research paper, a proposal, an essay suitable for publication, a course design, a field study, a web site, or another appropriate task” (Neff 2007)

“If you wish, electronic projects can be developed instead of ‘traditional’ scholarship. For examples of such work, check out Kairos” (Romberger 2007c).

“D. Multi-Genre Project: Working in pairs, you will select a topic related to any aspect of language teaching and learning and develop it through multiple genres. The genres included in your project are to be representative of five broad categories: interpersonal (e.g., letters, interviews), visual (e.g., collages, posters, boardgames), literary (e.g., poem, short story), academic (e.g., annotated bibliography, power point presentation), and media-based (e.g., newsletter, webpage, advertisement)” (Urzua 2007).

“Please feel free to propose another paper or project related to your particular interests” (Metzger 2007). [This assignment wording triggered a coding of “unclear” for the syllabus on which it was included.]