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AI-Assisted Writing and Critical AI Literacy

Joe Moxley — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:06:10 +0000

Synonymous Terms Related Concepts Related Courses What is Composing with AI? “Composing with AI” refers to the practice of writers using generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools such as ChatGPT to facilitate their composing processes, including including prewriting, inventing, drafting, collaborating, researching, planning, organizing, designing, rereading, revising, editing, proofreading, sharing or publishing. Writers in school and ... Read more

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How to Effectively Share Your Research Findings

Joe Moxley — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:28:03 +0000

The Creative Challenge – Report Research Findings & Reflect on Research Methods This final creative challenge consists of three major deliverables that build upon your earlier research proposal. The research findings report and the methodological reflection are equally weighted in terms of grading, with the peer presentation contributing to your overall assessment. Research Findings Report ... Read more

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How to Critique Research Questions, Reviews, and Citations

Joe Moxley — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:51:25 +0000

Introduction & Organizational Summary As explored in the previous creative challenge on key terms and research methods in professional and technical communication (PTC), different scholarly and professional communities have distinct epistemological foundations, research practices, and genre conventions. They have conflicting ideas about what knowledge is, how knowledge claims should be constructed or found, and how ... Read more

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Key Terms, Concepts, and Research Methods in Professional and Technical Communication

Joe Moxley — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:25:12 +0000

The Creative Challenge – Visualize Major Research Methods Deliverable #1 – Individually-Authored Visualization Create an infographic or video that tells a story about these five major methods: Your visualization should help your readers understand that these methods are used by different research communities — and that these communities may hold distinct, even contradictory, assumptions about ... Read more

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AI, Ethics & Human Agency

Joe Moxley — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:20:01 +0000

In response to the rise of AI in education, the Pew Research Center believes the major question confronting the humanities is “What is the future of human agency?” (Anderson and Rainie 2023). Interestingly, 56% of the 540 “technology innovators, developers, business and policy leaders, researchers, academics and activists” surveyed by Pew believe AI will limit ... Read more

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Citation Conventions – What is the Role of Citation in Academic & Professional Writing?

Joe Moxley — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 13:34:32 +0000

What is the Role of Citation in Academic & Professional Writing? Citation serves as a method for humankind to keep track of scholarly conversation and the evolution of human knowledge Human knowledge is shaped by conversation. To make meaning — to develop new ideas and test old ideas — we engage in self talk and ... Read more

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Rhetoric & Apparatus Theory

Joe Moxley — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:21:25 +0000

What is Rhetoric? The term “Rhetoric” has meant different things in different eras. Historically, there have been three distinct conceptions of the role of rhetoric—each corresponding to a different era and communicative media: OralityIn the era of orality, before written language, rhetoric operated primarily in terms of persuasion. The job of the rhetorician involved captivating ... Read more

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Citation – Definition – Introduction to Citation in Academic & Professional Writing

Joe Moxley — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 06:52:45 +0000

What is a Citation? A “citation” refers to the act of integrating ideas or words from another source into your speech or writing, along with adhering to the specific discourse conventions (or standardized ways of acknowledging sources) in a particular academic or professional field. “Citations” are required in academic and professional writing when writers summarize, ... Read more

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Fall 2022 – Professional Writing Course Schedule

Joe Moxley — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:14:21 +0000

Course Syllabus | Google Docs Tutorial | GEA1 | GEA2 Summary Professional writing is an undergraduate course on workplace writing and oral communication. This course serves sophomore and junior-level undergraduate students. It fulfills the University’s general-education requirement for an emphasis on collaboration, a high-impact practice. Acknowledgements My thanks to Julie Staggers for helping me develop this ... Read more

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Canon – Why is the Concept of the Canon So Important to Writers?

Joe Moxley — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 06:34:23 +0000

What is the Canon? The canon represents a curated collection of works deemed authoritative or exemplary within a specific discourse community, contributing to the ongoing conversation of humankind. These works, often marked by their innovative knowledge, distinctive style, or profound impact, serve not only as benchmarks for understanding the evolution and core principles of a ... Read more

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