Why We Need More Assessment
of Online Composition Courses:
A Brief History

Cristie Cowles Charles

 

A revolution in communications technology is taking place today, a revolution as profound as the invention of printing.
—Ithiel de Sola Pool

By viewing our classes as sites of both paradox and promise we can construct a nature view of how the use of electronic technology can abet our teaching.
—Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe