Description :
Internet-Based Workplace Communications: Industry and Academic Applications examines the different ways in which online media are becoming a part of and affecting educational and professional writing practices. By overvieiwng how Internet-based technologies affect the communication process, this timely book provides educators with a synopsis of the tools and techniques that could be applied to a variety of educational and professional activities. Similarly, by covering the uses of online media in communication education, this book provides employers with insights related to the Internet-related discourse skills of prospective employees. This book serves as a bridge between educational developments and industry practices, and readers from a broad range of backgrounds learn of different concepts, technologies, and techniques that can affect the online communication process.
Content :
Table of Contents
Foreword
......................................................................................................... vi
David Blakesley, Purdue University, USA
Preface
.............................................................................................................. x
Kirk St.Amant, Texas Tech University, USA
Pavel Zemliansky, James Madison University, USA
Section I: Computer Technology in Written Communication
Instruction: A Historical Overview
Chapter I
Forty Years with Computer Technology: A Personal
Remembrance of Things Past ....................................................................... 1
Mark D. Hawthorne, James Madison University, USA
Section II: Online Approaches to Teaching Communication
Chapter II
Hypertext Theory and Web Writing Assignments in the Writing
and Professional Communication Classroom ........................................... 2 4
Wendy Warren Austin, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, USA
Chapter III
Millennium Leadership Inc.: A Case Study of Computer and
Internet-Based Communication in a Simulated Organization ............... 4 0
Stacey L. Connaughton, Rutgers University, USA
Brent D. Ruben, Rutgers University, USA
iv
Chapter IV
Expanding the Classroom: Using Online Discussion Forums in
College and Professional Development
Courses
.................................... 6 8
Shawn McIntosh, Rutgers University, USA
Section III: Perspectives for Internet-Based Collaboration
Chapter V
Creating Community in the Technical Communication Classroom ..... 8 8
Timothy D. Giles, Georgia Southern University, USA
Chapter VI
Virtual Networks: Mapping Community-Based Collaboration and
Professional Writing .................................................................................. 107
Melody Bowdon, University of Central Florida, USA
Chapter VII
MOOs: Polysynchronous Collaborative Virtual Environments ......... 130
Rhonna J. Robbins-Sponaas, Florida State University, USA
Jason Nolan, University of Toronto, Canada
Section IV: Internet Approaches to English as a
Second Language Instruction
Chapter VIII
Developing a Web-Based Course for the Conventional English
Grammar Classroom: Issues in Planning and Design ......................... 157
Julia Lavid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Chapter IX
A Bridge to the Workplace: Using an Internet-Based Simulation
in the Writing Classroom ......................................................................... 180
Mark R. Freiermuth, University of Aizu, Japan
Section V: Internet-Based Tutoring
Chapter X
The State of Online Writing Labs: Have They Fulfilled Their
Potential? .................................................................................................... 211
Jo Mackiewicz, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
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Chapter XI
Is This a Real Person? A Tutor’s Response to Navigating Identity
in the Spaces of a Synchronous Electronic Writing Center ................ 231
Amy Lee Locklear, Auburn University–Montgomery, USA and
Kaplan College Online, USA
Section VI: Future Trends in Computer Use for
Written Communication
Chapter XII
Telework: A Guide to Professional Communication Practices .......... 261
Nancy A. Wiencek, Monmouth University, USA
Chapter XIII
An Open Source Primer ........................................................................... 278
Brian Still, Texas Tech University, USA
Chapter XIV
Cut and Paste: Remixing Composition Pedagogy for Online
Workspaces
................................................................................................ 299
John Logie, University of Minnesota, USA
About the Editors ...................................................................................... 317
About the Authors ..................................................................................... 318
Index
............................................................................................................ 323
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