Hypertext And/As Collaboration in the Computer-Facilitated Writing Classroomby Douglas Eyman
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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; this essay considers both the underlying
theory which supports the use of hypertext in composition instruction and
provides a range of pedagogical approaches. Various classroom
arrangements are considered, from standalone computers with no internet
connections to networked, internet accessible workstations; for each type
of classroom a different hypertext assignment which emphasizes
collaboration is provided as an example.
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About the Author Douglas Eyman, now an independent scholar (late of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington), continues to pursue research in the field of computer-facilitated composition with a particular interest in hypertext and the possibilities it presents for making explicit a social-constructivist pedagogy. |