Matt Vetter is available to lead workshops or speak at your institution on a variety of topics related to writing and new media, especially for programs and individuals interested in implementing Wikipedia projects in educational contexts:

Wikipedia & Writing:

  • Wikipedia Education Program
  • Basic Editing
  • Article Development
  • Wikipedia and Information Literacy
  • Course Design and the Wikipedia Assignment
  • Wikipedia’s Opportunities for Academic Libraries and Special Collections

New Media, Course Design, and Multimodal Composition:

  • Writing Technologies
  • Wikis, Blogs, Tumblrs, and Tweets
  • Multimodal Assessment
  • Multimodal Project Design
  • Internet Technologies and Curriculum Development

 

Most Recently

Presentations – 

  • “Special Collections in Wikipedia: A Case Study of a Collaborative Digital Curriculum.” with Sara Harrington. American Library Association of Ohio. Wilmington, Ohio. October, 2012.
  • “Toward a Digital Sophistic: Pedagogy, Civic Participation, and Web 2.0.” Thomas Watson Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, October, 2012.
  • “Implementing Curricula: The Wikipedia Writing Assignment.” Panel Title: Moving Beyond Theory: Issues of Praxis in Wiki Instruction. Panelists: Carra Leah Hood, Matthew D. Barton, and Matthew Vetter. The Sixty-Second Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, Missouri. March, 2012.
  • “Composing for Online Audiences in the Writing Classroom: Experiments and Innovations with Wikipedia.” College English Association of Ohio. Athens, Ohio. April, 2011.
  • “Crisis as Fortune: Exploring Aporias in the Writing Classroom.” Madison Conference on Language and Literature. Madison, Wisconsin. February, 2011.
  • “The Mad Lutanist: Poetic Failure, Aporia, and Aesthetic Incoherence in the Works of Coleridge.” Kentucky Philological Association. Richmond, Kentucky. March, 2010.

Panels and Talks – 

  • “Using WordPress as Learning Management System (LMS) in Composition Courses. English 791 – Professionalization. English Department. Ohio University. Spring, 2013.
  • “Course Design in Composition: the Junior-level Writing Course.” Presentation. English 791 – Professionalization. English Department. Ohio University. Fall, 2012.
  • “Uses of Wikipedia across Academic Disciplines.” Graduate Student Showcase sponsored by Academic Technologies. Ohio University. Alden Library. Fall, 2012.
  • “Writing About Writing Approaches and the New Curriculum Development for FYC.” English 791 – Professionalization Panel. English Department. Ohio University. Spring, 2012.
  • “Using Wikipedia in the Writing Classroom.” Presentation. English 791 – Professionalization. English Department. Ohio University. Spring, 2012.
  • “The Writing & Rhetoric I Common Reader: Uses and Challenges.” Teaching Assistant Orientation Panel. English Department. Ohio University. Fall, 2011.