Learning Outcome: Multiple Ways of Writing

Multiple Ways of Writing: It is an obvious truth that information can be shared through many different methods. The method of writing, which I am doing here, is just one of many. Every day people are constantly bombarded with information in the form of music, pictures, videos, numbers, etc. An annoyance I have had with academic works, at least those I had experience with before this class, was that they were often constrained to using the most formal language possible and nothing else. I think in many situations, this is far more of a hindrance than it is a strength. There are times when it can be so much easier and more effective to show a picture or video instead of relying only on words. This is why I like being able to use multiple different forms of media, or as the learning goal calls it “Multiple Ways of Writing”. It is the ability to use versatility in your work. Different forms of media and different genres have different strengths and weaknesses, and being able to leverage them and use them is what I think this learning goal is about. However, as much as I may like the idea, actually incorporating it in my work is a different story. As of writing this I have not done a ton of work with it, although that may change in the coming time. Still, I do feel I have a better grasp of how I would incorporate multiple ways of writing if I were to seriously do it as opposed to when I started the course. It is not something I had really done before this course, but now I feel if my work needs it, I can do it.