Computers and technical communication : pedagogical and programmatic perspectives
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Computers and technical communication : pedagogical and programmatic perspectives
（ATTW contemporary studies in technical communication / M. Jimmie Killingsworth, series editor, v. 3）
Ablex Pub., c1997
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
The essays collected in this volume address the full range of pedagogical and programmatic issues specifically facing technical communication teachers and programme directors in the computer age. The authors locate computers and computing activities within the richly-textured cultural contexts of a technological society, focusing on the technical communication instructional issues that remain most important as old versions of hardware and software are endlessly replaced by new ones. Part One, "Broadening Notions of Computer Literacy", complicates mechanistic approaches to computer-related instruction by locating the design and use of hardware and software within social, cultural, political, ethical and legal contexts. Part Two examines how teachers and programme directors can encourage critical literacies in their classrooms and programmes. At the same time, it considers how computer technologies such as the World Wide Web, hypertext, electronic mail, Internet discussion groups and real-time conferencing environments might challenge traditional notions of technical communication pedagogical practice.
Building on the first two sections, Part Three, "Examining Computer-Supported Communication Facilities from Pedagogical Perspectives", explores a wide range of instructional and political challenges in designing and supporting the robust computing needs of technical communication programmes. Part Four, "Planning for Technological Changes in Technical Communication Programmes", outlines some long-term ways of thinking about computers and technical communications that are instructionally and institutionally productive for students, teachers and programme directors.
Table of Contents
Foreword, Art Young. Introduction, Stuart A. Selber PART I: BROADENING NOTIONS OF COMPUTER LITERACY Hypertext Spheres of Influence in Technical Communication Instructional Contexts, Stuart A. Selber Legal Realities and Ethical Hyperrealities: A Critical Approach Toward Cyberwriting, James E. Porter Visual Literacy in the Computer Age: A Complex Perceptual Landscape, Lee Brasseur Wild Technologies: Computer Use and Social Possibility, Johndan Johnson-Eilola Teaching and Learning Communities: Locating Literacy, Agency, and Authority in a Digital Domain, Billie J. Wahlstrom PART II: EXPLORING PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COMPUTERS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Distance Learning Via the World Wide Web: Information, Engagement, and Community, Ann Hill Duin and Ray Archee Shaping Technologies: The Complexity of Electronic Collaborative Interaction, Rebecca E. Burnett and David Clark Learning Up Close and at a Distance, Nancy Allen and Gregory A. Wickliff Technologies and Tensions: Designing Online Environments for Teaching Technical Communication, Brad Mehlenbacher PART III: EXAMINING COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COMMUNICATION FACILITIES FROM PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Forces of Conservatism and Change in Computer-Supported Communication Facilities: Programmatic and Institutional Responses to Change, Richard J. Selfe and Cynthia L. Selfe Computer-Supported Classrooms and Curricular Change in Technical Communication Programs, James Kalmbach Building Relationships to Garner Technological Resources and Support in Technical Communication Programs, Bill Karis Designing Computer Classrooms for Technical Communication Programs, Tharon Howard PART IV: PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS Guiding Technical Communication Programs Through Rapid Change: The Cycle Between Technological and Curricular Change, Mark Werner and David S. Kaufer Supporting Faculty Development in Computers and Technical Communication, Stephen A. Bernhardt and Carolyn S. Vickrey New Roles for Technical Communicators in the Computer Age, Henrietta Nickels Shirk Collaborative Conflict and the Future: Academic-Industrial Alliances and Adaptations, Pamela S. Ecker and Katherine Staples Author Index Subject Index About the Contributors
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