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Takayoshi, Pamela – Computers and Composition, 1994
Presents research to support the argument that patterns of interaction deeply entrenched within a patriarchal system cannot be undermined simply by offering access to a new medium such as computer-mediated communication. Claims that, in moving away from traditional discourse forms that oppress and marginalize women, scholars run the risk of those…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Females

Carbone, Nick; And Others – Computers and Composition, 1993
Examines the ways in which writing teachers present themselves in a virtual classroom--a computer networked first-year composition classroom. Discusses how the teachers' online presence relate to their off-line, "live" presence. Suggests that differences among teacher are more important than similarities. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Freshman Composition, Higher Education

Batson, Trent – Computers and Composition, 1993
Employs three approaches in a summative evaluation of ENFI (Electronic Networks for Interaction), a local area network used to teach writing through the use of software that supports real-time communication. Suggests that the ENFI setting allows a writing teacher to more easily model the creation of a writing persona. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Higher Education, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Role

Klem, Elizabeth; Moran, Charles – Computers and Composition, 1992
Observes two writing teachers, enthusiastic about computers, teaching for the first time in networked computer classrooms. Finds resistance to change attributable to unfamiliarity with hardware and software, the need to cope with print text and electronic text, and conflict between models of writing instruction brought to the facility and that…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Networks, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes

Romano, Susan – Computers and Composition, 1993
Examines some of the issues attached to the egalitarianism narrative, which has rapidly gained credence in the composition field and which serves as a powerful term of authorization. Pursues the question of egalitarianism in the computer networked composition classroom using an interpretive methodology. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans

Kitalong, Karla Saari – Computers and Composition, 1998
Illustrates how a new technological-writing practice, World Wide Web publishing, meshes and clashes with what academics have meant by plagiarism. Applies psychologist Pierre Bourdieu's theories of capital and symbolic violence to examine some ways Web publishing challenges and complicates scholars' taken-for-granted ways of controlling and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing

Palmquist, Michael E. – Computers and Composition, 1993
Examines different ways in which a range of computer-mediated communication tools can be used in similar classroom settings. Argues that curriculum design for writing classes is inextricably tied to how computer communications will be used in the class. Presents results of a semester-long study of two first-year writing classes using computers.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collaborative Writing, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education

Lang, Susan – Computers and Composition, 1998
Examines existing copyright law, the ambiguous case law concerning copyrightable material and educators; university policies toward patent and copyright law; and the changing nature of educational institutions in the 1990s. Considers the question of who "owns" an online composition course. Outlines issues that composition instructors need to…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Court Litigation, Educational Change

Burley, Hansel – Computers and Composition, 1998
Describes how using conferencing software in a computer-assisted writing environment became a catalyst for a distinctive learning ecology that interrelated prosocial student behaviors, learner-centered teaching, and assessment. Argues that the conferencing class not only helped students apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills in…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics

Orr, Priscilla – Computers and Composition, 1998
Describes how an online conference was used in a graduate poetry class with students not accustomed to using technology in their coursework. Suggests that it extended the depth and quality of discussion, opening up new areas of discourse; and that students went beyond assigned topics to create and engage in their own discourse enriched by their…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions

Braine, George – Computers and Composition, 1997
Compares English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) students in first-year English classes writing in two contexts: in a networked computer class and in a traditional lecture-style class. Shows that the networked setting promoted better writing and more peer and teacher feedback, and that the traditional setting promoted more improvement in writing. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, English (Second Language)

Blair, Kristine – Computers and Composition, 1998
Discusses a first-year writing class composed of both Hispanic-American and Anglo students, arguing that rather than regarding online conflicts between students as mere "flaming," such conflicts can be seen as a way of helping students develop as literate citizens more aware of difference. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Conflict, Cultural Awareness