FYI
--Eric
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:28:10 -0400
From: Tari Fanderclai <[log in to unmask]>
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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!
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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!
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| Tari Fanderclai | Greg Siering |
| Boston, MA | Ball State University |
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