Examining Multimodal Community-Engaged Projects for Technical and Professional Communication: Motivation, Design, Technology, and Impact

Abstract

This study examines the role of multimodality in facilitating service-learning goals. We report findings from qualitative interviews with 20 college instructors who have designed and facilitated multimodal community-engaged learning projects, identifying their motivations, goals, and the impact of these projects through reflections. Based on our qualitative analysis of these instructor responses, we discuss the technological and pedagogical implications of multimodal social advocacy projects in technical and professional writing courses.

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“…(Alalem, 2023;Jiang & Tham, 2019;Warren-Riley & Hurley, 2017). For instance, researchers applied "design advocacy" to amplify the concept of multimodality within design-driven efforts to promote social advocacy (Jiang & Tham, 2019;Tham & Jiang, 2022). By "design-driven," the researchers highlight the way design activities and theories can lead advocacy projects in multimodal, interactive ways.…”