This one-day ONLINE SYMPOSIUM aims to bring together teachers of advanced and/or upper-division college composition courses to discuss innovative methods and best practices for widening and strengthening student engagement with diverse genres and audiences. Join us on Friday, February 2, 2024, to explore emerging developments, as we strive to help our students become more effective communicators, critical thinkers, and rhetorical citizens in today’s rapidly changing world. Registration is free and open to all.

Sessions:


9AM – 10:30AM Pacific Time:

Session 1A. Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models (Panel)

Session 1B. Empathy & Ethics (Panel)

Session 1C. Innovations & Experiments (Panel)


11AM – 12:30PM Pacific Time:

Session 2A. AI Activities Workshop (Workshop)

Session 2B. Experiments in Fostering Vulnerability (Roundtable)

Session 2C. The Multimodal Classroom as a Process of Discovery (Panel)

 

12:30 – 1:30PM Pacific Time


LUNCH BREAK


1:30PM – 3:00PM Pacific Time:

Session 3A. Developing a Framework for Ethical Integration of Technology in Instruction (Workshop)

Session 3B. Metaphor, Publics, and Experiential Learning in Research Writing (Panel)

Session 3C. Genre as Gateway to Career Writing (Panel)


3:30PM – 5:00PM Pacific Time:

Session 4A: AI, Access & Assessment (Roundtable)

Session 4B: Research Influencers: Recreating Summarizing, Analysis and Critical Thinking (Workshop)

Session 4C: Genre Research Across Contexts: Making Translation Practices Visible (Panel)