InterviewsDaniel Anderson interviewed by Erin AndersonSusan Delagrange interviewed by Madeleine SorapureKeith Dorwick interviewed by Susan DelagrangeErin Anderson interviewed by M. Remi YergeauThomas Rickert & Michael Salvo interviewed by David RiederDavid Rieder interviewed by Thomas Rickert & Michael SalvoMadeleine Sorapure interviewed by Daniel AndersonVictor Vitanza interviewed by David RiederAnne Wysocki interviewed by Victor VitanzaM. Remi Yergeau interviewed by Anne Wysocki

Traversing public and private spaces inevitably means finding a way to access those spaces. This simple fact is thrown into relief for those who experience barriers to access, and often unnoticed by those whose bodies, minds, abilities, and resources allow them to occupy the role of default user. Multimodality has been discussed at length as a means to enhance access to the public and private spaces through which we and our writing move. However, we argue that multimodality as it is commonly used implies an ableist understanding of the human composer. Our webtext seeks to redress this problem.

Able to link tutors across distance while closely approximating the tenor of face-to-face tutoring (f2f), synchronous audio-video-textual conferencing (AVT) is a semiotically rich medium that sustains critical “social cues” and enhances interaction and exchange. The authors theorize and demonstrate the potential of synchronous digital exchange, including functions that surpass the affordances of paper-based f2f tutorials—such as real-time modeling and web-based referencing.