Monday, October 19, 2009
Questions for Friday
I am wondering if they can speculate on how long it will take to see a change in values within the greater academic community to appreciate collaborative and multimodal compositions. I think it was Cheryl Ball's web page that described her process for applying for tenure, and how she was careful to explain her choices for creating and justifying her reasons for creating a digital portfolio. I think this relates to the question of completing multimodal dissertations and other academic work. When and how can we start to overcome the fear of assessment that seems to keep these forms of scholarship from being valued as much as traditional compositions and publications?
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I completely agree Robin. Having done video and new media based projects, they are just as intense or even more so than alphabetic texts. I really want such multimodal compositions to be valued for the vast number of hours they take to create. I wonder though if some of the hesitation towards acceptance has to do with creativity. Even in pre-digital times (sounds so caveman like...LOL) many skills involving creativity were not valued as much. I mean consider how we view artists that paint or draw. Are they not viewed as somewhat "eccentric" and not to be taken seriously? I could just be making this up, but I feel that many fields are disregarded or subjugated because we do not understand them. Perhaps it is related to the element of creativity and fact many people lack confidence or the ability to use creativity. Random thoughts...so none of them are factual per se. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat questions, Robin. I don't know that anyone is ready to answer these questions on when and how we will come to value non-traditional composing practices for "big" work like articles and dissertations, but it is certainly time we start asking the questions.
ReplyDeleteJen