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The Tragedy of Logos: Networked Computer Classrooms and Contact with Strange Discourse Worlds.

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Weeden, Scott R. – 1996

According to author David Roochnik, the "tragedy of logos" refers to the condition of having a "logos" (meaning a view of the rational structure of the world) and colliding with its limits and limitations. The tragedy of logos arises when some event or experience shows that things are otherwise, because tragedy entails the…

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks

Using Daedalus Interchange and New Daedalus Write To Teach Audience Awareness, Revision Techniques, and Textual Interpretation in a First-Year Writing Course on Contemporary Legal Issues.

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Viti, Lynne Spigelmire – 1995

Writing 125 is a 13-week course that all first-year students at Wellesley College (Massachusetts) are required to take. One instructor teaches a section of it called "Law in Contemporary Society" which centers writing and reading activities around legal issues, namely "Roe v. Wade" and "Webster v. Cruzan." As an…

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication