Domain of One’s Own, an initiative out of the University of Mary Washington and lead by Jim Groom, Tim Owens, and Martha Burtis, provides a unique opportunity to promote digital literacies and the principles of connected learning across a class, department, or program. A Domain (for short) program provides web domains and name registration for students and builds curriculum around students’ use of their publishing space. Currently, David Morgen and David Fisher at Emory University are running their own application of Domain, and I’m admin’ing a pilot at my university (SPSU) this fall. Domain is not a platform or tool; it’s a bundle of web literacy initiatives that focus on multimodal composition, faculty development, and student agency. I propose to introduce Domain, show some of the resources helpful to get a program started, and facilitate a discussion on its utility (and challenges) with the group.
