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Description

Composing with AI offers a comprehensive snapshot of writing studies’ response to the rapid emergence of generative AI, capturing a pivotal moment in the field's technological evolution. By situating our current era within a century-long history of new media pedagogy, contributors illustrate that scholars have a rich tradition of navigating disruptive tools, from MOOs and hypertexts to Wikipedia. The introduction and early chapters provide a historical framing, showing how field’s existing scholarly legacy is uniquely equipped to help faculty and students address the ethical ramifications and rhetorical challenges posed by generative AI.
The book transitions into the practical domain by exploring reports from the field and the development of institutional policies designed to guide the responsible use of AI. Chapter authors detail the creation of program-wide policy frameworks that prioritize ethical engagement, academic integrity, and the protection of a student's individual authorial voice. Through large-scale student surveys and usability studies, researchers provide insights into how learners perceive AI, and through experimental assignments in machine-assisted writing, several chapters demonstrate how fostering AI literacy can empower students to use these tools for critical inquiry rather than mere labor avoidance.

The final sections delve into the sophisticated interplay of style, multimodal composing, and theoretical frameworks. Chapters in this section examine generative AI through the lens of rhetorical style, through text-to-image synthesis, and in light of theoretical models, such as the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom structure used by information science and via critical interface heuristics.

This collection provides educators, researchers, and policymakers with frameworks and strategies needed to integrate AI responsibly into composition practices. It emphasizes the importance of fostering critical literacies around AI use, advocating for thoughtful and informed approaches to incorporating these tools in writing pedagogy. By offering diverse perspectives and practical guidance, the collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the transformative potential of AI in education and its implications for the future of composition scholarship and instruction.

Summary initially produced with NotebookLM and GPT4.o; edited for concision and clarity by Ranade and Eyman.

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