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Student perceptions of screen recording and screencast assignments in first-year writing 学生对一年级写作中屏幕录音和屏幕录像作业的看法

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2026.102979

Julie Townsend, Melanie Gagich

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Editorial: Technologies of compliance, technologies of care 社论：依从性技术，护理技术

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2026.102980

Jason Tham

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Designing experience: Multimodal UX in the expanding field of composition 设计经验：在不断扩大的构图领域进行多模态用户体验

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102978

Jialei Jiang , Gustav Verhulsdonck

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Kiosk! An interactive touchscreen project for multimodal UX composition learners 亭!一个交互式触摸屏项目的多模态UX组成学习者

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102974

Stephen J. Quigley, Abigail Zimmerman, Raquel Buege

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Shifting rhetorical agency in multimodal UX composition with AI: Sharing rhetorical authority with technologies 用人工智能改变多模态用户体验构图中的修辞代理：与技术共享修辞权威

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102973

Nupoor Ranade , Daniel L. Hocutt

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From vision to insight: Enhancing students’ user-centered design skills with eye-tracking technology and usability tests 从视觉到洞察力：通过眼动追踪技术和可用性测试提高学生以用户为中心的设计技能

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102975

Meng Yu

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Wicked modes in UX: Pedagogical considerations for data détournement UX中的邪恶模式：数据传输的教学考虑

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102977

Morgan Banville , Leah Heilig , Madison Jones

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UX → RX: creating a culture of curiosity about contemporary reading practices UX→RX：创造对当代阅读实践的好奇文化

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102972

Elizabeth Velasquez, Christa Teston

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Building narrative layers in virtual reality via multimodal user experience 通过多模式用户体验在虚拟现实中构建叙事层

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102961

Kathryn Lambrecht, Claire Lauer, Stephen Carradini, Poorva Ketkar, Danielle Storey

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Accessibility in virtual reality: A multimodal user experience framework for considering hardware, embodied, and spatial access 虚拟现实中的可访问性：考虑硬件、具体化和空间访问的多模态用户体验框架

Computers and Composition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102971

Elizabeth Caravella, Rich Shivener

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