Agency, invention, and sympatric design platforms

Brian J. McNely

doi:10.1145/1297144.1297157

Agency, invention, and sympatric design platforms

Brian J. McNely

Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

This project investigates the problems associated with course software platforms from the perspective of user-centered design, examining student agency and invention specifically in environments like WebCT, Wikis, and MS SharePoint 3.0. I argue for course design platforms that are structured on informed technogogies at the instructor and curricular levels. Drawing on concepts from biological evolution and anthropology, I propose that instructors, researchers, and administrators promote and create design platforms that are sympatric, that foster student agency and invention through user localization technologies that also embrace rhetorically complex social interaction. I further argue that researchers in Rhetoric and Writing Studies are particularly well positioned to write and/or co-create sympatric course platforms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SIGDOC'07
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
Pages	49-54
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1297144.1297157
State	Published - 2007
Event	SIGDOC'07: 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication - El Paso, TX, United States Duration: Oct 22 2007 → Oct 24 2007

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Name	SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

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Conference	SIGDOC'07: 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
Country/Territory	United States
City	El Paso, TX
Period	10/22/07 → 10/24/07

Keywords

Agency
Delivery platforms
Invention
Sympatry
Technogogy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science

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McNely, BJ 2007, Agency, invention, and sympatric design platforms. in SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, pp. 49-54, SIGDOC'07: 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, El Paso, TX, United States, 10/22/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1297144.1297157

Agency, invention, and sympatric design platforms. / McNely, Brian J.
SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. 2007. p. 49-54 (SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication).

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