Internet-based Workplace Communications

by St. Amant, Kirk; Zemliansky, Pavel

• ISBN13: 9781591405214
• ISBN10: 1591405211
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Information Science Pub

Summary

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 technolog

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	(23)
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	24	(16)
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	40	(28)
Stacey L. Connaughton, Rutgers University, USA
Brent D. Ruben, Rutgers University, USA
Chapter IV Expanding the Classroom: Using Online Discussion Forums in College and Professional Development Courses	68	(20)
Shawn McIntosh, Rutgers University, USA
Section III: Perspectives for Internet-Based Collaboration
Chapter V Creating Community in the Technical Communication Classroom	88	(19)
Timothy D. Giles, Georgia Southern University, USA
Chapter VI Virtual Networks: Mapping Community-Based Collaboration and Professional Writing	107	(23)
Melody Bowdon, University of Central Florida, USA
Chapter VII MOOS: Polysynchronous Collaborative Virtual Environments	130	(27)
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	(23)
Julia Lavid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Chapter IX A Bridge to the Workplace: Using an Internet-Based Simulation in the Writing Classroom	180	(31)
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	(20)
Jo Mackiewicz, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
Chapter XI Is This a Real Person? A Tutor's Response to Navigating Identity in the Spaces of a Synchronous Electronic Writing Center	231	(30)
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	(17)
Nancy A. Wiencek, Monmouth University, USA
Chapter XIII An Open Source Primer	278	(21)
Brian Still, Texas Tech University, USA
Chapter XIV Cut and Paste: Remixing Composition Pedagogy for Online Workspaces	299	(18)
John Logie, University of Minnesota, USA
About the Editors	317	(1)
About the Authors	318	(5)
Index	323