A web of symbolic violence

Karla Saari Kitalong

Computers and Composition Vol. 15, No. 2 (1998) pp. 253–263

Many new electronic technologies of writing are quickly becoming part of everyday practice, but are not as yet so fully integrated that they have become indistinguishable from the fabric of everyday life. Although these new technologies are still...

Language: English

Technical communication meets cultural representation: Scholarly and pedagogical possibilities

Karla M. Saari Kitalong

(1999) pp. 1–225

The media are a significant source of cultural pedagogy—that is, they help teach us both what to think and how to think about cultural artifacts and practices, including technology. However, studies focusing on media representations of technological ...

Critical Approaches to Technological Literacy and Language Education

Karla Saari Kitalong; Richard J. (Dickie) Selfe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1994–1998

When we integrate technology into teaching and learning, our challenge is to imagine and enact technology-rich learning environments in which both teachers and students can succeed in ways that technicians and administrators can sustain. We suggest...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Administrators, Students

Multimodal Composition Pedagogy Designed to Enhance Authors’ Personal Agency: Lessons from Non-academic and Academic Composing Environments

Karla Saari Kitalong; Rebecca L. Miner

Computers and Composition Vol. 46, No. 1 (December 2017) pp. 39–55

This article argues that composing in multiple modes, especially when accompanied by revision and self-reflection, enhances compositional fluidity and encourages the exercise of personal agency. To illustrate and support their claims, the authors...

Language: English

Making Sense of an Academic Library Web Site: Toward a More Usable Interface for University Researchers

Karla Saari Kitalong; Athena Hoeppner; Meg Scharf

Journal of Web Librarianship Vol. 2, No. 2 (2008) pp. 177–204

Library patrons familiar with Web searching conventions often find library searching to be less familiar and even intimidating. This article describes and evaluates a series of usability research studies employing two different and popular...