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Online Credibility And Digital Ethos: Approaches For Evaluating And Incorporating Networked Information In The Digital Age, Shawn Apostel, Moe Folk Jul 2013

Online Credibility And Digital Ethos: Approaches For Evaluating And Incorporating Networked Information In The Digital Age, Shawn Apostel, Moe Folk

Shawn Apostel

With the near-ubiquity of smartphones, tablets, and laptops, access to acquiring and publishing online information has never been easier; however, with this advance in information technology comes new challenges for content providers to establish credibility and for students, researchers, and consumers to develop effective ways of evaluating online credibility. For example, students and instructors in writing classes across the world face challenges in creating research projects that did not exist even a decade ago. These issues are not just affecting American universities; therefore, this book addresses an international audience by offering approaches to evaluating the credibility of digital sources, including …


Teaching Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy For The 21st Century, Shawn Apostel, Russell Carpenter, Hal Blythe, Charlie Sweet Jan 2013

Teaching Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy For The 21st Century, Shawn Apostel, Russell Carpenter, Hal Blythe, Charlie Sweet

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Digital Ethos In Research Writing, Shawn Apostel Sep 2012

The Role Of Digital Ethos In Research Writing, Shawn Apostel

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


New Media Voices In The Communication Center: Engaging Voice And Multimodality In Eportfolios, Shawn Apostel, Russell Carpenter Nov 2011

New Media Voices In The Communication Center: Engaging Voice And Multimodality In Eportfolios, Shawn Apostel, Russell Carpenter

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Applied Visual Rhetoric: Pairing Student Eportfolios With Peer Reviews To Foster Critical Examination And Production Of Multimodal Texts, Shawn Apostel Nov 2011

Applied Visual Rhetoric: Pairing Student Eportfolios With Peer Reviews To Foster Critical Examination And Production Of Multimodal Texts, Shawn Apostel

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Integrating Research And Communication: Collaboration To Support Critical Thinking, Shawn Apostel, Terri Nowak, Russell Carpenter, Leslie Valley, Trenia Napier May 2011

Integrating Research And Communication: Collaboration To Support Critical Thinking, Shawn Apostel, Terri Nowak, Russell Carpenter, Leslie Valley, Trenia Napier

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Traversing Space And Place: Consulting New Media Texts In The 21st Century Multiliteracy Center, Shawn Apostel, Trenia Napier, Leslie Valley May 2011

Traversing Space And Place: Consulting New Media Texts In The 21st Century Multiliteracy Center, Shawn Apostel, Trenia Napier, Leslie Valley

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Presentation Aids That Move: Providing Feedback On Visuals Composed On Rich-Media Software, Shawn Apostel Mar 2011

Presentation Aids That Move: Providing Feedback On Visuals Composed On Rich-Media Software, Shawn Apostel

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Noel Studio Ethos: Remediating Space, Encouraging Collaboration In The Communication Center, Shawn Apostel Mar 2011

Noel Studio Ethos: Remediating Space, Encouraging Collaboration In The Communication Center, Shawn Apostel

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Stepping Up, Stepping Out: New Directions In The Development Of An Integrated Space, Shawn Apostel, Russell Carpenter Feb 2011

Stepping Up, Stepping Out: New Directions In The Development Of An Integrated Space, Shawn Apostel, Russell Carpenter

Shawn Apostel

No abstract provided.


Unlearning Rules And Embracing Creativity: Using Prezi To Rethink Powerpoint, Shawn Apostel Dec 2010

Unlearning Rules And Embracing Creativity: Using Prezi To Rethink Powerpoint, Shawn Apostel

Shawn Apostel

As instructors, we should encourage our students to think rhetorically about visual presentation aids instead of relying on simple, prescriptive rules of design. Prezi provides us with a unique opportunity to rethink the way we use PowerPoint.


Shifting Trends In Evaluating The Credibility Of Cmc, Shawn Apostel, Moe Folk Apr 2008

Shifting Trends In Evaluating The Credibility Of Cmc, Shawn Apostel, Moe Folk

Shawn Apostel

Given the rapid development and dissemination of various information types within CMC, source evaluation methodology is increasingly difficult and has been complicated further by dominant academic approaches. We trace the reification of book-based evaluation criteria and how its exalted status has been undergirded by a mentality that reinscribes old patterns of credibility onto wholly new entities such as the World Wide Web. Additionally, we trace the development and implementation of these book-based criteria from an influential article to their various incarnations in the MLA handbook, an examination that reveals how CMC has been ignored, then sequestered, and ultimately embraced, albeit …