Selected Professional Collaborations, Presentations, Workshops, and Publications

Donna Reiss
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2007-2013

redball bullet“Multimodal Composition, Appropriation, Remediation, and Reflection: Writing, Literature, Media,” with Art Young. Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres in Student Compositions. Ed. Carl Whithaus and Tracey Bowen. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013: 164-182.

redball bullet“From Local Seminars to International Teaching and Learning Exchanges: The Cross-Cultural Collaborations,” with Magnus Gustafsson, Art Young, and Linda Bradley. Collaborative Approaches to the Digital in English Studies. Ed. Laura McGrath. Logan, UT: Computers and Composition Digital Press/Utah State University Press, 2011.

redball bullet “Representing – Not Testing: Electronic Portfolio as Final Exam.” The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning. 2nd ed. Ed. John Zubizarreta. Jossey-Bass, 2009.

redball bullet “A Meta-Analysis of Five International Student-Directed Weblogs” (with Magnus Gustafsson and Art Young), EARLI SIG Writing, Lund, Sweden, June 2008

redball bullet “Blogging Across Borders: Multimodal, Conversational Writing for Students in Sweden and the United States” (with Magnus Gustafsson and Art Young), Writing Research Across Borders Conference, University of California Santa Barbara, February 2008

redball bullet “Multimodal Expression in an International Blog: Writing, Literature, and Technology” (with Art Young), National Council of Teachers of English, New York, November 2007

2006

redball bullet “Collaboration, Conversation, and Classroom Discourse: Writing in Online Environments” (invited collaborative keynote with Art Young), Tertiary Writing Network, Napier, New Zealand, December 6-8, 2006

redball bullet “‘Let us Go Then You and I’: An International Weblog Discussion of T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’” (with Magnus Gustafsson and Art Young), Communication Skills in University Education, Auckland, New Zealand, November 29-December 1, 2006

redball bullet “Conversational Writing and Learning,” (invited collaborative seminar leader with Art Young), Thinking Writing Project, Queen Mary, University of London, September 14, 2006

redball bullet“E-Learning, Peer Interaction, and Writing Across Boundaries” (with Magnus Gustafsson and Art Young), iPED Conference on Pedagogical Research and Academic Identities, Coventry, England, September 2006

redball bullet“Group and Team Activities for Distance and Mixed Mode Classes,” Clemson University Distance Education Workshop, August 16, 2006

redball bullet Session chair for Transatlanticism in American Literature: Emerson, Hawthorne, and Poe Conference, Oxford, England, July 13-16, 2006

redball bullet “Connecting Disciplinary Learning to Language Learning in the ‘Middle Ground’ of Academic Writing” (with Art Young), Conference on Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education, June 28-July 1, 2006, Maastricht, the Netherlands

redball bullet “What Is Effective: Assessing Communication in Education and Business,” Roundtable Leader, Sixth Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction, Baruch College, City University of New York, April 2006

red bullet“Composition and Communication in Online and Multiple-mode Literature Classes”—presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois, March 2006

book image - clipart “Writing, Literature, and Technology,” with Magnus Gustafsson and Art Young. Journal of College Writing 8 (August 2006): 5-17

book image - clipart “Academic Writing Online: Crossing Cultures, Courses, Languages and Educational Levels,” with Magnus Gustafsson and Art Young. Teaching Writing Online and Face to Face, European Association of Teachers of Academic Writing Conference Proceedings. Athens, Greece, 2006

book image - clipart “Computer-mediated Communication and the Confluence of Composition and Literature,” with Katherine Fischer and Art Young. Composition and/or Literature: The End(s) of Education. Ed. Linda Bergmann and Edith Baker. National Council of Teachers of English, 2006. 143-170.

book image - clipart “Major Forms of Literature / The Canary’s Voice,” with Ashley Hilton. Teaching and Learning Creatively (West Lafayette, IA: Parlor Press, 2006). 56-57

2005

“Group/Team Activities in an Online Undergraduate Course,” presentation at Distance Education Faculty Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, August 2005

“An Online Writing Workshop Model for Writing Programs and WPAs,” presentation at Council of Writing Program Administrators, Anchorage, Alaska, July 2005

“Academic Writing Online: Crossing Cultures, Courses, Languages, and Educational Levels,” with Art Young and Magnus Gustafsson presentation at European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, Athens, Greece, June 2005

Cross-Cultural Collaborations: Virginia, South Carolina, Sweden

Online Autobiographies for Constructing Community and Introducing Rhetorical Concepts, Computer Connection presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2005

Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum: WAC and Writing Technologies presentation at WAC Preconference Workshop, Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2005

Active and Interactive Learning with Electronic Communication: A Workshop for Faculty—Clemson University, February 2005

2004

Interactive Online Writing Workshops for Peer Review of Works in Progress — presentation at VCCS English Peer Conference, October 2004

Cross-Cultural Exchange on Poetry: An Online Collaboration Among Swedish and American Students — presentation at Computers and Writing Conference, June 2004

Writing Across Curriculums and Cultures: An Online Collaboration Among Swedish and American Students — presentation at International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, May 2004

A Response to English Composition as a Happening by Geoffrey Sirc — book review in Inventio, Spring 2004

Cross-Cultural Exchange on Poetry: An Online Collaboration Among Swedish and American Students, Spring 2004

"Electronic Portfolios To Foster Critical and Creative Thinking" — presentation with Rick Dollieslager at New Horizons Conference, April 2004

Assigning Peer Review of Works in Progress with Blackboard, Email, or Paper — presentation at Tidewater Community College, March 2004

Instant Hypertext: Language Links for Learning — presentation at Computer Connection, Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2004

WAC in a Wired World: Electronic Composing and Communicating Throughout the Curriculum — presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2004

2003

Webfolios: Electronic Portfolios for Instruction, Connection, and Assessment — workshop for Tidewater Community College faculty, December 2003

Writing Across Curriculums and Cultures: An Online Collaboration Among Swedish and American Students, Fall 2003

Electronic Communication and Interactive Learning in Higher Education: Trends in WAC, CAC, ECAC, and IT — keynote address at Developing Language and Communication in Higher Education: Trends in Teaching and Research, Chalmers Lindholmen University, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2003

Online Introductions and Epistolary Connections — presentation at Computers and Writing Conference, May 2003

Multimodal and Multimedia Projects for Learning in the Digital Age — presentation at Virginia Community College System New Horizons Conference, April 2003

Transforming Composition: Agency in Computer-mediated Classes — presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2003

Images of War and Peace: Global Poetic Perspectives — presentation at Clemson University Plight of Humanity Lecture Series, February 2003

book image - clipart "The Poetics of Computers: Composing Relationships with Technology" — co-authored article in journal Computers and Composition 20, 2003

2002

ball red Verbal and Visual Composing: Multiple Literacies for Learning in the Digital Age — presentation at Virginia Community College System English Peer Conference, October, 2002

ball red Active-Learning Online: Electronic Communication for Web-based and Hybrid Classes — invited workshop leader at Wildacres WAC Retreat, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, May 2002

ball red Redefining "Writing" in the Digital Age: The Impact of the Internet on Academic Expression — presentation at Tidewater Community College Faculty Forum, February 2002

book image - clipart "Citing Ourselves" and " Picture Exchange: Sharing Images and Ideas in First-Year Composition" — chapters in book Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition, 2002

red dot bulletHawthorne in Salem Project, National Endowment for the Humanties— consultant for project development and participant in usability study, 2000-2002

book image - clipart "Through the Back Door into Cyberspace," co-authored chapter in The WAC Casebook: Scenes for Faculty Reflection and Program Development, 2002

2001

red bullet Seeking the Soul of the Machine: Interrogating Human-Computer Relationships in Literature, Composition, and Art — presentation at Modern Language Association, December 2001

book image - clipart "WAC Wired," co-authored chapter in book WAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs, 2001

book image - clipart "Reflective Webfolios in a Humanities Course," chapter in book Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning, 2001

2000

Project Manager for Distributed Teaching and Learning at Tidewater Community College — appointed by President DiCroce, 1999-2000

Coordinator of Online Learning, Tidewater Community College, 1998-2000 (initiated first online learning Website and first online faculty group)

Ekphrasis and the Internet: Connecting the Verbal and the Visual with Computer-mediated Student Projects — presentation at Association for Computers and the Humanities-Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, Glasgow, Scotland, July 2000

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age: Technological Change in Higher Education — presentation at Tidewater Community College Faculty Forum, April 2000

Access, Interaction, and Collaboration: Reflections on the Colloquium on New Technology and the Future of Publishing — invited closing remarks for Colloquium on New Technology and the Future of Publishing, Clemson University, April 2000

book image - clipart Learning Literature in an Era of Change: Innovations in Teaching, connecting theory and innovative teaching practices in literary studies, edited and introduced by Dona Hickey and Donna Reiss, foreword by Kenneth Bruffee, including my chapter on email for teaching literature, 2000

Collaboration in the Online Classroom: Why and How — for Teaching Composition, McGrawHill, February 2002

1995-1999

Epiphany Project: Strategies and Structures for Pedagogical Change in the Age of Electronic Text — national project funded by an Annenberg/CPB grant, 1997-2000

Writing Online: Workshop for Teachers of Writing and Writing-Intensive Classes — Tidewater Community College, August 1999

CyberBrief: Technology and Teaching, with Art Young for the National Council of Teachers of English, August 1999

Community and Creativity Online: Student-Constructed Webfolios and Webtexts as Learning Spaces in Undergraduate Humanities Classes — presentation at Association for Computers and the Humanities-Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, June 1999

WAC Online: Active Learning on the Internet — presentation at Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, June 1999

How To Succeed in Cyberspace: Self-Assessment and Placement Options for Online Students — presentation at Computers and Writing Conference, May 1999

"Interactivity Online: Collaborative Writing and Learning with Asynchronous Web Forums" — presentation at VCCS New Horizons, April 1999

book image - clipart Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum — book collection edited and introduced by Donna Reiss, Dickie Selfe, and Art Young, foreword by Cindy Selfe, 1998

CAC Online: Enhancing CAC with Information Technology — keynote talk and Moving Active Learning On Line: A Workshop on Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum — at Australian Communication Skills Conference, Melbourne, October 1998

Red Dot Musings in a Cybernetic Meadow: An Online Community Explores Technology and Art — presentation at Learning On Line conference, Virginia Tech, July 1998

Red Dot Harmony and Hope: Sharing Stories To Build Community — presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 1998

"Dear Classmates": Letters for Learning in English Studies TCC-Salem High School FIPSE Project Workshop November 1998

Red Dot Post-its, Postings, and Letters to the World keynote talk at NCTE Summer Institute on the Teaching of Literature, June 1998

blue quilt "Connecting the Quilts: A VCCS Collaborative Core Course for a Writing-Intensive Introduction to Literature presentation at Computers and Writing Conference, June 1998

Red Dot Allusion, Artistry, and the Fall of Icarus — online learning module for VCCSLitonline, 1997

Portraits in Poetry-Our Wicked Ways: Tidewater Community College and Clarke College Collaborative Reading and Writing Project, 1997

Red Dot The Muse Collaborates: Writing Communities for Learning Literature and Composition — presentation at Modern Language Association, December 1997

Red Dot  Poetry Portals for the World Wide Web, 1996-2001

Cybersimulations: Low-Tech Variations of High-Tech Applications for Learning Communities, 1997

Red Dot Poster Presentation Guidelines, 1997

Forces: Art for the End of the 20th Century-The Intersection of Art and Technology — collaboration between Tidewater Community College Humanities students and Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, 1997

Teaching, Learning, Technology Roundtable at Tidewater Community College — first collegewide Coordinator, 1996-1998

VCCS Literature Online: A Collaborative Web-based Introduction to Literature — founding director of courseware project funded by the Virginia Community College System, 1997-1999

Red Dot Electronic Toads: Computers and Writing in Introductory Literature — presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 1996

Red Dot WAC > CAC > CCAC: "Writing/Communication Across the Curriculum" Becomes "Computers for Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum," TCC's Experience — presentation at Michigan Technology University, July 1995

Writing Center and Grammar Hotline, Virginia Beach Campus of Tidewater Community College and founder of Grammar Hotline Directory in print and online — Director, 1980-1995

Faculty in Residence for Instructional Technology — special appointment by Virginia Community College System, 1995-1996

Red Dot  Electronic Resources for English Teachers in Two-Year Colleges and Undergraduate English Studies, 1995-1998

developed ©1995 by D. Reiss and modified slightly 6 October 2018 by D. Reiss