A week-long institute on the effective use of digital media in college composition classrooms. Held annually at The Ohio State University.
The Ohio State University's Department of English and the Digital Media Project are proud to host a week-long institute on the effective use of digital media in college composition classrooms. Participants will explore a range of contemporary digital literacy practices--alphabetic, visual, audio, and multimodal--and apply what they learn to the design of meaningful assignments, syllabi, curricula,
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15/11/2023
Registration is now open for DMAC 2024! We can't wait to see you there!
Register for DMAC | Department of English The Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC) at The Ohio State University is a week-long institute on the effective use of digital media in college composition classrooms. Participants will explore a range of contemporary digital literacy practices – alphabetic, visual, audio, and multimodal...
Save the date! will be held entirely online May 6-13, 2024!
13/02/2023
Excited to announce the presenting faculty for DMAC 2023!
DMAC Faculty | Department of English DMAC Staff John Jones is an Associate Professor and Director of Digital Media Studies in the Department of English at Ohio State. His primary research areas are digital rhetoric and writing, digital culture, and professional and technical communication.
So excited to announce that registration for is now open! Register here:
go.osu.edu/dmac23
DMAC 2023: Registration Registration form for DMAC 2023
kicked off yesterday. Tune into our twitter account () as we live tweet DMAC faculty presentations throughout the week!
is less than a week away and we're stoked!
27/04/2022
Under two weeks until begins! Let’s take a look at Liliana Perez Rodriguez’ final project for DMAC 2021 in which she shares an audio description assignment she created: https://bit.ly/36SxtJj
DMAC21 Final - Audio Description Project Since Zoom audio can be kinda choppy, I recommend viewing with captions!In this video overview of her DMAC21 final, titled “Audio Description Project,” MA/Ph...
Over the past few months, we've been diving into the to see what projects past participants have completed. Today, we'd love to invite you to share digital media compositions you've completed - either at DMAC or in your own scholarship!
Based on a 2020 survey of past DMAC participants, 73% of respondents claimed that attending DMAC allowed them to better teach digital media composing to students. How has DMAC impacted the ways you bring digital media into your classroom?
starts exactly 3 weeks from today! We’re getting excited to meet and learn from you all!
Following up on our question from Wednesday, this article from the , “‘There and Back Again’: How DMAC Shaped the Professional Growth of Three Departmental Colleagues,” (2015) explores the impact DMAC had on Nicky Adams, Margaret M. Strain, and Patrick Thomas: bit.ly/3jKvoli
DMAC provides attendees with guidance and tools to implement multimodality within the classroom, but attendees have mentioned the ways they have brought these practices into other aspects of their professional lives and scholarship.
Past attendees, how has your time at DMAC shaped your pedagogy or professional practices?
During DMAC, we cover some of the basics of coding in one of our workshops. Stephen J. Quigley’s recent article, “Basic Coding,” works to make the often intimidating and anxiety-inducing act of coding more accessible for beginners through the introduction of his tool Open Fuego: https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/26.2/disputatio/quigley/index.html
11/03/2022
From the : DMAC alum and a current co-associate director Jordan Woodward created this multimodal essay, “Listening to Yamuna” based on her Fulbright research during her time as a student at DMAC in 2020: https://arcg.is/1uyyOq
Mark your calendars, DMAC 2022 is only two months away! What are you most looking forward to at this year’s DMAC Institute?
08/03/2022
Good news! While the priority application deadline for has ended, we are accepting applications on a rolling basis or until all seats are filled. Register here: http://www.dmacinstitute.com/register/
Register – DMAC Institute @ Ohio State Note: Spots in DMAC are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis during the registration period. We recommend that you begin the process of securing funding as early as possible, and we advise against incurring non-refundable expenses before receiving official confirmation of your spot in DMAC.....
A 2020 survey found that 68% of past DMAC participants said that their learning experiences at DMAC helped them to design accessible texts, instructional materials, and/or learning experiences. What are your tips for designing accessible classroom materials and experiences?
28/02/2022
Only one more day for priority registration for ! Head to the link below to secure your place in this year’s DMAC Institute. http://www.dmacinstitute.com/register/
25/02/2022
Another great one from the - Trey Conatser’s “Keeping Track of DMAC: Visualizing Influence Across Space and Time,” illustrates DMAC data from 2006 to 2014 through integrating video, maps, data visualizations, and interviews. http://cconlinejournal.org/ciwic_dmac/conatser/
21/02/2022
We are one week away from the priority registration date for ! Save your spot here: http://dmacinstitute.com/register/
Register – DMAC Institute @ Ohio State Note: Spots in DMAC are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis during the registration period. We recommend that you begin the process of securing funding as early as possible, and we advise against incurring non-refundable expenses before receiving official confirmation of your spot in DMAC.....
21/02/2022
Check out this multimodal article written by two DMAC alums, Margaret Price and Erin Kathleen Bahl: "The Rhetoric of Description: Embodiment, Power, and Playfulness in Representations of the Visual": https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/26.2/topoi/price-bahl/index.html
18/02/2022
From the : Check out this project by DMAC 2015 alums, Ginger Grey and Jessica Haliday. “DMAC One Year Later” shares the authors’ experiences bringing multimodal skills they developed at DMAC into their classrooms. http://www.dmacinstitute.com/showcase/issues/no1/grey-halliday-dmac-later
As we start to look forward to DMAC 2022, we’ve also been looking into the DMAC archive to past projects created either at DMAC or about DMAC to help us reflect on and get inspired by all the great work that precedes us. Keep an eye out for our upcoming posts!
07/12/2021
DMAC #2022 Registration is officially open!
DMAC Institute @ Ohio State – The Digital Media and Composition Institute AboutThe Ohio State University’s Department of English and Digital Media Project are proud to host a week-long institute on the effective use of digital media in college composition classrooms. Read More
