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Volume 1, Issue 2 Summer 1996
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Reader as User: Applying Interface Design Techniques to the Web

The web is more than simply an electronic display of information; it is an interface. Teachers of writing can learn from research done in studying interface design, as both emphasize the need for a thorough audience analysis to determine the tasks, goals, and needs of the reader or user.

 

by Karen McGrane Chauss

 

Staying Human in the Digital Age: A Guided, Annotated Tour of One Person's Adventures Teaching and Writing in Cyberspace

The ironies of life in the Digital Age--how can we interact more with a machine than with "real" people and still call ourselves "human"? Examine a day in the life of a cyber-teacher who searches for answers to the "big" questions.

 

by Lawrence J. Clark

 

Hypertext And/As Collaboration in the Computer-Facilitated Writing Classroom

Hypertext can be used--in nearly any type of computer-assisted class--to allow students to engage in collaborative, socially-constructed composition and meaning-making.

 

by Douglas Eyman

 

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