Re: [xmca] Call for Proposals and Reviewers

Martin,

Speaking from my own perspective only, I understand "multimodal" in this
context to refer to a qualitative research method attempting to understand
teaching and learning accomplished via a coordination of various modes,
e.g., talk, gesture, gaze, inscription...

Two recent events have coaxed me into this area: 1) a student has brought to
my attention the text, " Gunther Kress, Carey Jewitt, Jon Ogborn and
Charalampos Tsatsarelis (2001). Multimodal Teaching and Learning: The
Rhetorics of the Science Classroom. London and New York: Continuum."; 2)
I've begun a collaboration with David McNeill who is an expert in analyzing
talk, gesture, and gaze <http://mcneilllab.uchicago.edu/>...finally, it
doesn't hurt that, being an instructional designer, a central theme of this
research revolves around *design*...

I've found the following link to be an easily digestible introduction to
this term, along with related terms "multisemiotics" and "multiliteracies":

http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications_reports_articles/web_arti
cles/Web_Article532

When I sent out the initial note about a symposium on qualitative methods,
quite a few mentioned their work in multimodality research...

Hope this helps to clarify!
Michael

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> From: Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu>
> Reply-To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:27:03 -0400
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Conversation: [xmca] Call for Proposals and Reviewers
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Call for Proposals and Reviewers
> 
> I'm confused - is it the research that is multimodal, or the learning?
> 
> 
> On 7/15/08 7:41 PM, "judithg@id.iit.edu" <judithg@id.iit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> In addition to whatever Michael will send, I attended a quite
>> wonderful conference on MultiModality and Learning in June, sponsored
>> by the Institute of Education, University of London.
>> 
>> See http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=16841
>> 
>> Best,
>> Judith
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Quoting Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu
>>> Michael,
>>> 
>>> I'm always interested in qualitative research, and I'm a developmental
>>> psychologist. Does 'multi-modal' in this context mean mixed methods? Is
>>> there a more specific form emerging for this second topic?
>>> 
>>> best
>>> 
>>> Martin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> __
>>> Martin Packer, Ph.D.
>>> Associate Professor
>>> Psychology Department
>>> Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 15282
>>> (412) 396-4852
>>> 
>>> www.mathcs.duq.edu/~packer/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/15/08 4:29 PM, "Michael A. Evans" <mae@vt.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> 
>>>> Wanted to submit one more inquiry regarding interest in the following two
>>>> themes for possible AERA symposia:
>>>> 
>>>>> Second life, WoW, and Other Virtual Environments for education
>>>> 
>>>>> The role(s) of qualitative (multi-modal) research in the conduct
>>>>> of research
>>>> on learning and development
>>>> 
>>>> There¹s room for 1-2 more abstracts on either topic if you¹re interested in
>>>> joining ­ otherwise, I¹ll close this call and get working with those who¹ve
>>>> already expressed an interest...
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Michael~
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> Judith Gregory, Ph.D.
>> Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
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>> Chicago, IL 60610  USA
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