Six Years and Counting…

a tenure blog for Dr. Cheryl E. Ball

introduction to “Who needs YouTube?!”

citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (Producer/Director). (2007, Dec. 11). Who needs YouTube?! [3-minute original film + student video showcase]. Presented at The Normal Theater, Normal, IL.
description
I produced an end-of-semester showcase for students in my Multimedia Writing Workshop (English 289.22), which was held at the historic Normal Theater. The showcase included a selection of short digital videos in […]

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Converging assumptions: How new media can bridge a scholarly/creative split in English studies

citation
Ball, Cheryl E., & Moeller, Ryan M. (forthcoming/March 2008). Converging the ASS[umptions] between U and ME; or, How new media can bridge a scholarly/creative split in English studies. Computers and Composition Online [Special issue: Media convergence]. Retrieved February 17, 2008, from http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/convergence/
abstract
Authors of new media texts regularly draw on both scholarly and creative genres to […]

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new media scholarship lecture at OSU

citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, February 1). What’s the Point of New Media? Evaluating Transitional, Digital Scholarship. Digital Media Lecture Series, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

overview
Some folks have asked for my PowerPoint slides from the talk on evaluating digital/new media scholarship, which I gave a preliminary version of two weeks ago at UIUC and again […]

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Reinventing the Possibilities: Academic Literacy and New Media

and you thought I’d stopped researching, eh? naw, just finally got finished moving…
citation:
Ball, Cheryl E., & Moeller, Ryan M. (2007). Reinventing the possibilities: Academic literacy and new media. Fibreculture Journal, 10. Retrieved December 24, 2007, from http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue10/ball_moeller/index.html
abstract:
This webtext demonstrates the possibilities of using new media to teach students critical literacy skills […]

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A Conversation: From ‘They Call me Doctor?!’ to Tenure (peer-reviewed webtext)

citation
Arola, Kristin L., & Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, Spring). A conversation: From ‘They call me doctor?!’ to tenure. Computers and Composition Online. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/doctor/.
abstract/preface excerpt
… We realized—with our limited understanding of being at the beginning or in the midst of our tenure tracks—that there were three stages to the transition between […]

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