Whether or not you are attending the Computers and Writing Conference in Hawai'i this year, you can still be a part of this exciting event! This year, the Graduate Research Network Online invites both face-to-face participants and anyone else interested or involved in research in computers and writing to attend Computers and Writing Online (see http://www.tidewatertechonline.com/cwo/index2.htm for more information). The following session is offered in conjunction with the Graduate Research Network (http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writling/GRN/2004/).

Research in Computers and Writing: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues

May 12 through May 24, 2004

 

This asynchronous discussion forum (open to all registered participants of Computers and Writing Online) will focus on how writing technologies, specifically digital technologies, affect our research--shaping the questions we ask; the sites we study; the methodologies we use (or could use); the ethical issues we face; the conclusions we draw; and, thus, the actions we take as scholars, researchers, and teachers.

This discussion forum is a space for interested participants to

1. describe their methodological approaches to various research sites and questions;

2. to share problems (both ethical and methodological) encountered;
3. to discuss solutions/compromises developed; and
4. to examine the broader ramifications of and directions for research conducted within the diverse field of computers and writing.

More information about the discussion, including a list of potential discussion topics, is available at http://www.digitalwriting.org/cwo (currently in its beta version).

To participate be sure to register for Computers and Writing Online at http://tidewatertechonline.com/cwo/index2.htm. (Registration is free.)

If you have any questions, please contact Dànielle DeVoss (devossda@msu.edu) or Heidi McKee (hmckee@english.umass.edu).

There's still time, too, to sign up for the face-to-face Graduate Research Network on June 10, 2004, in Hawai'i, a free pre-conference workshop at the annual Computers and Writing Conference! To submit an abstract for the 2004 Graduate Research Network, use the online submission form at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writling/GRN/2004/submit.html or contact Janice Walker (jwalker@georgiasouthern.edu) for more information.

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