Composing with AI - Ranade and Eyman

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Histories: C&W Approaches to Disruptive Technologies

AI-generated image of two robots, both with 'AI' on their faces. The left-hand robot is dark blue and set into a network of neon red network lines; the rigth-hand robot is white, with a downturnd mouth, on a blue background.

Introduction: Composing with AI

Nupoor Ranade and Douglas Eyman

AI-generated image of a robot made of wires with a femail human face on the left and an abstract representation of a dark-colored hand stretched across a beige background.

What We already Know: Generative AI and the History of Writing With and Through Digital Technologies

Anthony Atkins and Colleen A. Reilly

AI-generated images: on the left a black-and-white image of a computer keyboard with paper rising from it, similar to a typewriter; on the right is a small figure typing on a giant laptop, with screens of information surrounding the figure.

The Black-Boxed Ideology of Automated Writing Evaluation Software

Antonio Hamilton and Finola McMahon

Policy: Programs and Publications

AI-generated images: a photorealistic image of a white man with glasses and a white woman discussing a page in front of them on the left; a blurry image of a flyer with (unreadable) dark blue text on a beige background with cartoon-like pictures of a man working on a laptop and sketch of a robot in the margin.

Drafting a Policy for Critical Use of AI Writing Technologies in Higher Education

Dan Frank and Jennifer Johnson

AI-generated images: a watercolor-like representation of a laptop sitting atop books on a table, colors are primarily blues, greys and white on the left; on the right a blurry image of a flyer with (unreadable) dark grey text on an orange background, a drawing of a green robot writing in a book takes up the right side of the flyer.

A Textual Transaction: The Construction of Authorship in AI Policy Statements

James P. Purdy

Reports from the Field: Classes & Students Using AI

AI-generated images: on the left, inside a series of circles of bright lights in motion sits a disembodied head that is primarily made of wires but has a human female face; on the right a picture of an unreadable flier with black text on white background in text boxes, a pale blue oval in the center, and dark text on a dark beige background.

Reconsidering Writing Pedagogy with ChatGPT

Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, Kathleen Bolander, Alison Obright, Asmita Ghimire, Stuart Deets, and Jessica Remcheck

AI-generated images: on the left, an uncannily accurate drawing of Mark Marino as a main with a beard and glasses on a dark plum background; on the right a side view of a dark blue robot typing on a dark blue laptop, all on a light blue background. The robot appears to be wearing glasses and headphones with a microphone, as if on a conference call.

ChatGPT is Not Your Friend: The Importance of AI Literacy for Inclusive Writing Pedagogy

Mark C. Marino

AI-generated image: on the left appears a photorealistic image of a female robot made of white plastic typing on a laptop in a room that appears to have a blackboard in the backgroud, white unintelligible text appears in the top left portion of the picture; on the right is an oil-painting style image of people sitting two to a table, one white man and one white woman at each. One couple is looking at a laptop, the other couple is looking at a pile of crumpled paper on their table.

Mind the Gaps: Evaluating Student Perceptions on GenAI and the Future of Writing

Jeanne Law, James Blakely, John C. Havard, and Laura Palmer

Multimodal Composing: AI Text-to-Image Applications

AI-generated images: on the left, a primarily black-and white cityscape with sketched buildings on either side of a wide white walkway, several people and trees are present on the walkway. The ground beneath the buildings is orange. On the right, a blurry infographic-style image features an oddly shaped building in the center surrounded by text descriptions connected to it by lines; there is a realistic looking white human hand coming in from the top right corner to add detail to the drawing of the building.

Composing the Future: Speculative Design and AI Text-to-Image Synthesis

Jamie Littlefield

AI-generated images: On the left, a blurry grayscale infographic-style image features an circular architectural drawing in the center surrounded by text descriptions connected to it by lines; on the right is a black and white drawing of a room with textured walls, light fixtures depending from the ceiling, and white circles on the floor.

Toward A Critical Multimodal Composition: Analyzing Bias in Text-to-Image Generative AI

Sierra S. Parker

Teaching AI Literacies

AI-generated images: on the left is an image of two books with grey (unreadable) text on cream-colored pages, one is folded back on itself and a yellow glow appears at the margin where the book is folded. Two green pencils lay across one of the books in the bottom left corner. On the right is a drawing of a messy desk with a laptop, a cup full of pens and pencils, a coffee mug, some documents, and an unidentified object that appears to be a disembodied hand hovering over the laptop keyboard.

LLMs for Style Pedagogy

Christopher Eisenhart

AI-generated images: On the left is an abstract black and white drawing of many people in chairs holding documents in front of them as they surround a large dark black box with mysterious symbols. On the right an infographic-style image features a pyramid-shaped architectural drawing in the center surrounded by text descriptions connected to it by lines, the background is bright orange and the pyramid is orange and dark blue.

Teaching Knowledge Labor and Literacy for the Age of AI and Beyond with Rhetorical Information Theory

Patrick Love

AI-generated images: On the left is a greyscale image of a woman whose (very long) neck and shoulders appear to be made of circuitry, a halo of bright small lights hovers around her head. On the right a blurry infographic-style image with a blue background and white text and beige highlight colors features a circular drawing of geometric figures radiating out from the letters 'CAI' in the center; this central figure is surrounded by text descriptions connected to it by lines.

Interfacing Chat GPT: A Heuristic for Improving Generative AI Literacies

Desiree Dighton