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Table of Contents Foreword ......................................................................................................... vi David Blakesley, Purdue University, USA Preface .............................................................................................................. x Kirk St.Amant, Texas Tech University, USA Pavel Zemliansky, James Madison University, USA Section I: Computer Technology in Written Communication Instruction: A Historical Overview Chapter I Forty Years with Computer Technology: A Personal Remembrance of Things Past ....................................................................... 1 Mark D. Hawthorne, James Madison University, USA Section II: Online Approaches to Teaching Communication Chapter II Hypertext Theory and Web Writing Assignments in the Writing and Professional Communication Classroom ........................................... 2 4 Wendy Warren Austin, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, USA Chapter III Millennium Leadership Inc.: A Case Study of Computer and Internet-Based Communication in a Simulated Organization ............... 4 0 Stacey L. Connaughton, Rutgers University, USA Brent D. Ruben, Rutgers University, USA iv Chapter IV Expanding the Classroom: Using Online Discussion Forums in College and Professional Development Courses .................................... 6 8 Shawn McIntosh, Rutgers University, USA Section III: Perspectives for Internet-Based Collaboration Chapter V Creating Community in the Technical Communication Classroom ..... 8 8 Timothy D. Giles, Georgia Southern University, USA Chapter VI Virtual Networks: Mapping Community-Based Collaboration and Professional Writing .................................................................................. 107 Melody Bowdon, University of Central Florida, USA Chapter VII MOOs: Polysynchronous Collaborative Virtual Environments ......... 130 Rhonna J. Robbins-Sponaas, Florida State University, USA Jason Nolan, University of Toronto, Canada Section IV: Internet Approaches to English as a Second Language Instruction Chapter VIII Developing a Web-Based Course for the Conventional English Grammar Classroom: Issues in Planning and Design ......................... 157 Julia Lavid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Chapter IX A Bridge to the Workplace: Using an Internet-Based Simulation in the Writing Classroom ......................................................................... 180 Mark R. Freiermuth, University of Aizu, Japan Section V: Internet-Based Tutoring Chapter X The State of Online Writing Labs: Have They Fulfilled Their Potential? .................................................................................................... 211 Jo Mackiewicz, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA v Chapter XI Is This a Real Person? A Tutor’s Response to Navigating Identity in the Spaces of a Synchronous Electronic Writing Center ................ 231 Amy Lee Locklear, Auburn University–Montgomery, USA and Kaplan College Online, USA Section VI: Future Trends in Computer Use for Written Communication Chapter XII Telework: A Guide to Professional Communication Practices .......... 261 Nancy A. Wiencek, Monmouth University, USA Chapter XIII An Open Source Primer ........................................................................... 278 Brian Still, Texas Tech University, USA Chapter XIV Cut and Paste: Remixing Composition Pedagogy for Online Workspaces ................................................................................................ 299 John Logie, University of Minnesota, USA About the Editors ...................................................................................... 317 About the Authors ..................................................................................... 318 Index ............................................................................................................ 323

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