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EML436 The Multimodal Writing Process (8)

Abstract

This subject broadens 'what counts' as classroom writing. In learning situations today's youth represent meaning through designing, producing and presenting texts which thrive on technology use, creativity and social interaction. This subject challenges students to re-theorise writing as the multimodal writing process and to reconceptualise ICT as Interactive Creative Technologies. Students will design and produce multimodal texts as creative composition, as social learning and/or as representations of learning in classrooms. Further, the subject supports students to develop a theory of writing pedagogy which requires teachers to account for the collaborative, technological and social dimensions of constructing texts.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 1
DistanceWagga Wagga Campus
Session 3
DistanceWagga Wagga Campus
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EML436
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Education

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to improve teaching practice;
  • be able to apply theory and teaching practice;
  • be able to apply knowledge to individual workplaces;
  • be able to know multiliteracies;
  • be able to know emergent forms of literate practice; and
  • be able to understand the multi-modal writing process.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • a theory of multiliteracies;
  • changing learning practices-changing writing practices;
  • writing in a digital age; and
  • changing pedagogies-developing a new theory of writing.

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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.