1st Edition

Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities Issues and Options

Edited By James A. Inman, Cheryl Reed, Peter Sands Copyright 2004
444 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

This volume provides an informed view of how information technology is shaping the contemporary humanities. It specifically reflects five ideals: *humanities scholars with all levels of access are doing important work with technology; *humanities scholars' projects with technology reflect significant diversity, both across and within disciplinary bounds; *using information technology in the... Read more
Contents: M. Vielstimmig, A Word to the Fore. J.A. Inman, C. Reed, P. Sands, Preface: Issues and Options for Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: A Framework. Part I:Theories of Electronic Collaboration. S. Turkle, Collaborative Selves, Collaborative Worlds: Identity in the Information Age. J. Carlacio, What's So Democratic About CMC? The Rhetoric of Techno-Literacy in the New Millennium. R.J. Rickley, Computer-Mediated Communication as Reflective Rhetoric-in-Action: Dialogic Interaction, Technology, and Cross-Curricular Thinking. J.A. Inman, Electracy for the Ages: Collaboration With the Past and Future. R. Gajjala, A. Mamidipudi, Collaborating Across Contexts: Rethinking the Local and the Global, Theory and Practice. S. Tchudi, Response. Part II:Student Collaboration and Electronic Media. N. Knowles, M.W. Hennequin, New Technology, Newer Teachers: Computer Resources and Collaboration in Literature and Composition. M.E. Fakler, J.E. Perisse, Voices Merged in Collaborated Conversation: The Peer Critiquing Computer Project. A.L. Trupe, Reentry Women Students' Online Collaboration Patterns: Synchronous Conferencing in a Basic Writing Class. J.B. Paoletti, M.C. Sies, V. Jenkins, Using a Virtual Museum for Collaborative Teaching, Research, and Service. D.S. Corrigan, S.M. Gers, Across the Cyber Divide: Connecting Freshman Composition Students to the 21st Century. C.L. Prell, Web Writing and Service Learning: A Call for Training as a Final Deliverable. B. Freidheim, Response. Part III:Faculty Collaboration and Electronic Media. C. Reed, D.M. Formo, Writers Anomalous: Wiring Faculty Research. D.N. Sewell, What's in a Name? Defining Electronic Community. K. McComas, Cow Tale: A Story of Transformation in Two MOO Communities. C. Szylowicz, J. Kibbee, The Collaboration That Created the Kolb-Proust Archive: Humanities Scholarship, Computing, and the Library. T.L. Benson, Response. Part IV:Electronic Collaboration and the Future. T.A. Jackson, Imagining Future(s): Toward a Critical Pedagogy for Emerging Technologies. P.J. Morris, II, Critical and Dynamic Literacy in the Computer Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between School Literacy and Workplace Literacy. T. Fanderclai, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Thinking: Lessons From the Linux Community. P. Sands, Current and Future Research in the Production and Analysis of Electronic Text in the Humanities: Bridging Our Own "Two Cultures" With Integrated, Empirical Studies. J.C. Freeman, Imaging Florida: A Model Interdisciplinary Collaboration by the Florida Research Ensemble. R. Bass, Response. A.R. Gere, Afterword.

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James A. Inman, Cheryl Reed, Peter Sands