About Dr. Ellertson received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. At Iowa State, Dr. Ellertson served as the lead developer for an ABET-outcomes-aligned eportfolio system for the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Learning Community. He also developed the first capstone course for teaching multimodal composing for an outcomes aligned eportfolio system at Iowa State. For his work and scholarship, he was nominated by ISU faculty for the Learning Community Innovations Award which he received in 2002. Dr. Ellertson joined the WDMD program in 2005 and teaches: Interaction Design, Rich Internet Application development, 2D and 3D animation, object-oriented programming, game development, distance learning and streaming media applications for the web. Since joining WDMD, Dr. Ellertson and his students have developed multimedia artifacts for an electronic textbook for Bedford St. Martin’s Press and distance learning applications for the City University of London. Research Dr. Ellertson has published and presented nationally on multimodal composing, eportfolio development, and curricular assessment using new media. His scholarship on multimodal composing has been recognized in Computers and Composition and included in a foundational anthology for the field. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Communication and currently serves as an editorial board member of the online journal Kairos. Currently, he is involved in a series of projects involving serious games for social change, using simulated work environments to teach evolving workflows in Web Development, and using mobile technologies for the creation of learning communities. Professional Organizations Dr. Ellertson is a member of the Society of Digital Agencies (SODA) Scholarship Partial list of online peer reviewed articles: Ellertson, Anthony. "New Media Rhetorics in the Attention Economy". Computers and Composition Online. (Spring 2009) http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/edwelcomesp09.htm Duffelmeyer, Barbara and Anthony Ellertson. "Critical Visual Literacy: Multimodal Communication Across the Curriculum". Across the Disciplines. (Winter 2005) http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/visual/ Ellertson, Anthony. "Information Appliances and Electronic Portfolios: Rearticulating the Institutional Author." Feature article. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric and Technology 10.1 (Fall 2005) http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/10.1/index.html Ellertson, Anthony. "Some Notes on Simulacra Machines, Flash in First Year Composition and Tactics in Spaces of Interruption" Feature article. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric and Technology 8.2 (Fall 2003) http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/8.2/index.html Ellertson, Anthony and Margaret Baker Graham. "In the Cyberhood: Using Global Technologies for Local Purposes." Computers and Composition Online (Fall 2003) http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/theory.htm Fisher, David, Thomas Bowers, Anthony Ellertson, Thomas Brumm, and Steven Mickelson. "As the Case May Be: The Potential of Electronic Cases for Interdiciplinary Communication". IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication46 (2003): 313-19.
Ellertson, Anthony. "New Media Rhetorics in the Attention Economy". Computers and Composition Online. (Spring 2009) http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/edwelcomesp09.htm Duffelmeyer, Barbara and Anthony Ellertson. "Critical Visual Literacy: Multimodal Communication Across the Curriculum". Across the Disciplines. (Winter 2005) http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/visual/ Ellertson, Anthony. "Information Appliances and Electronic Portfolios: Rearticulating the Institutional Author." Feature article. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric and Technology 10.1 (Fall 2005) http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/10.1/index.html Ellertson, Anthony. "Some Notes on Simulacra Machines, Flash in First Year Composition and Tactics in Spaces of Interruption" Feature article. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric and Technology 8.2 (Fall 2003) http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/8.2/index.html Ellertson, Anthony and Margaret Baker Graham. "In the Cyberhood: Using Global Technologies for Local Purposes." Computers and Composition Online (Fall 2003) http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/theory.htm Fisher, David, Thomas Bowers, Anthony Ellertson, Thomas Brumm, and Steven Mickelson. "As the Case May Be: The Potential of Electronic Cases for Interdiciplinary Communication". IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication46 (2003): 313-19.