Harnessing New Technologies to Teach Academic Writing to the Net Generation
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https://doi.org/10.37119/ojs2010.v16i1.51Abstract
While the ubiquity of Web 2.0 technologies disrupts conventional notions of schooling and literacy, its impact on learning is idiosyncratic at best. Taking the form of a dialogue based on the 15-week collaboration of two colleagues implementing an innovative 1st-year university writing course, this paper documents some of the successes and challenges they faced as they sought to create a space for those technologies in their classrooms.
Keywords: Web 2.0; schooling and literacy; learning; higher education; new technologies
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2013-01-03
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