Electronic Writing Centers

Computing in the Field of Composition

Peter F. Coogan, David J. Coogan

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English

Praeger Publishers Inc
24 May 1999

Writing & editing guides; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); Electronic mail (email): professional; Computer science

This book describes the emerging practice of e-mail tutoring; one-to-one correspondence between college students and writing tutors conducted over electronic mail. It reviews the history of Composition Studies, paying special attention to those ways in which writing centers and computers and composition have been previously hailed within a narrative of functional literacy and quick-fix solutions. The author suggests a new methodology for tutoring, and a new mandate for the writing center: a strong connection between the rhythms of extended, asynchronous writing and dialogic literacy. The electronic writing center can become a site for informed resistance to functional literacy.

By: Peter F. Coogan, David J. Coogan
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781567504293
ISBN 10: 1567504299
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 24 May 1999
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID COOGAN is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Humanities at the Illinois Institute of Technology, He teaches courses in writing, the rhetoric of technology,technical communications, and poetry. His work has appeared in the journal, Computers and Composition and the anthology Wiring the Writing Center. His current research explores the intersection between rhetorical theory, technical communications, and technological change.

Reviews for Electronic Writing Centers: Computing in the Field of Composition

Dave Coogan's work is important not just because he was one of the first (or maybe the first) to seriously engage in online tutoring, but because he is able to place the practice within a sophisticated theoretical context without losing touch with the firm soil of practical experience. His exploration of online tutoring is grounded in long by a sense of history and possibility. -Eric Crump, National Council of English Teachers