Still a Sponge with Some Asorbency

I refuse to use the sinister term lurker to excuse my limited posting (1 comment), and would rather invoke the metaphor of the sponge, with a bit more absorbency. I’m close to squeezing, but am still reading and synthesizing Lanny’s posts and some of the many links and references posted here. Besides, those that know me know that if I begin, it’s hard to stop me.

I have jotted some ideas on my new white board in my office along the lines of trying to come up with an all-inclusive term to describe what we mean by “visual literacy” and “information literacy” and “digital storytelling” and “writing with video.” All of these, as contrasted with traditional lectures and “papers” are, for me (drum roll): Multimedia Composition and Visual Rhetoric.

Part of my enthusiasm for the Learning Commons is based in the hope that it might be a space to promote and support Multimedia Composition projects and efforts to educate on Visual Rhetoric.

More drops from the sponge later. . . .