Provides an overview of online education models developed by commercial and academic institutions. Examines some rhetorical strategies used to talk about online education. Outlines some of the main players and positions involved in debates about online education. Suggests strategies that academic groups might explore. Considers how composition and…

Discusses the ideological dimensions of writing instruction software. Discusses errors and assumptions of choosing software for writing instruction. Suggests that all software decisions must be tested against the instructor's own self-conscious and informed understanding of the goals of writing instruction. (RS)

Points to scholarship that helped the authors think about the ideologies behind Writing Spaces, a Web-based site for computer-mediated communication that they constructed using Perl scripts. Argues that writing teachers can and should shape online spaces to facilitate their individual pedagogies rather than allowing commercial software to limit…