FYI --Eric ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:28:10 -0400 From: Tari Fanderclai <[log in to unmask]> ************************************************************* Please come to Netoric's Tuesday Cafe Discussion for September 17, 1996 8:00 p.m. EDT in Netoric's Tuesday Cafe on MediaMOO Topic: New Directions in Research To join us: Telnet to MediaMOO at purple-crayon.media.mit.edu 8888 connect guest OR connect your character if you have one @go Tuesday If you're new to Netoric and/or MOOing, Netoric's Information and MOOhelpsheet is available from Netoric's Home Page: http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/siering/netoric.html Netoric's home page also has logs of Netoric events! ************************************************************** At the past few cafes, we've discussed a number of current practices in the teaching of computers and writing, questioning not only traditional practices such as grades and conventional writing assignments, but our current favorites as well, such getting rid of grades, trying to engage students by allowing them more freedom in their choices of assignments, and attempting to use group projects to encourage collaboration. One of the problems we noted is that our practices are changing so rapidly that we're not always sure where the grounding is or what effect those practices are really having on students. At this week's cafe, we'd like to talk more about some of the kinds of research we've been hinting at. What can we do to get more genuine information about what students are really thinking and learning and learning in our current writing classes? We can start with the specific example we discussed briefly a couple of weeks ago--the problem of finding out how students are *really* responding to group projects and other kinds of collaborations, and move on from there. Maybe we can come up with some specific projects some of us should do; maybe we can come up with some general principles for new kinds of computers and writing research. Join us at this week's Tuesday Cafe, where you just might find your dissertation topic or your next research project waiting for you. See you at the Cafe! * * * N E T O R I C * * * Tuesday Cafe -- Electronic Conferences -- CMC Workshops --------------------------------------------------------------- | Tari Fanderclai | Greg Siering | | Boston, MA | Ball State University | | [log in to unmask] | [log in to unmask] | ---------------------------------------------------------------