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Çiftçi, Hatime; Aslan, Erhan – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
As current computer-mediated communication (CMC) research is omnipresent in the foreign/second language (L2) writing process, a synthesis of the research in this realm is needed to better understand and inform the current pedagogical practices with technology in language classrooms. This article presents a review of 38 studies identifying the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Revision (Written Composition)
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Dahlström, Helene – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Along with digital development, new possibilities for communicating have emerged. The younger generation has adopted these new possibilities to a great extent. In order to be able to utilise the opportunities offered by digital tools when writing, access to digital tools is essential. Schools need to develop a writing education that meets…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Writing (Composition), Affordances, Foreign Countries
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Lam, Cho Kwong Charlie; Hoang, Cuong Huu; Lau, Ricky Wai Kiu; Cahusac de Caux, Basil; Chen, Yang; Tan, Qiao Qian; Pretorius, Lynette – Studies in Continuing Education, 2019
There has been increasing recognition for the need to reform doctoral training practices to foster students' personal epistemology. This study describes the design and evaluation of a learning experience designed to help students understand the scholarly publication process. Firstly, this study discusses the design of the learning experience,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Doctoral Programs, Epistemology, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Novakovich, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2016
The introduction of digital literacy practices has created a tension in academia, with many academics challenging the view that critical thinking can be fostered on social networks. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on two sections of university-level writing classrooms to determine if there were meaningful differences in the quality of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Reflection, Student Journals, Electronic Journals
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Verzella, Massimo; Tommaso, Laura – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2014
The international project described in this paper has been inspired by the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Projects (TAPP). By 2013, the TAPP network had connected classes in writing, usability testing and/or translation at three universities in the US and several partner universities in Europe, Africa and China. The pedagogical import of these forms…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Teamwork, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Kadavy, Casey; Chuppa-Cornell, Kim – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2011
At the beginning of each school year, the Languages and Humanities Division at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) meets to discuss first-year composition matters. Faculty leave the workshop renewed by the collaboration and buoyed by the promise and potential of a new semester. Yet, when classes actually begin, faculty may find that they are…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Virtual Classrooms, Librarians, Humanities
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Godwin-Jones, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2008
Trends in the use of the Internet in recent years, collectively coined Web 2.0, have precipitated changes in modes and uses of writing online. Blogs and social networking sites provide new opportunities and incentives for personal writing. This reading-to-write culture requires use and development of language skills. The challenge for language…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Writing (Composition), Electronic Publishing, Language Skills
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Piirto, John – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 101 faculty in a variety of disciplines found that most do not give much attention to the composition of electronic mail messages and are not bothered much when receiving messages containing mechanical or composition errors. Results suggest faculty should be cautious about relaxing the rules of grammar, punctuation, and good writing in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Mediated Communication, Editing, Electronic Mail