CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

3:45 — 5:00 Session D.9
Hypertext and Pedagogy:
Strategies, Techniques, Ideas
BC 129
Martin Rosenberg, moderator
Billie Jones
From Linear Text to Hypertext:
A Cyber Odyssey Worth Taking
Despite the numerous differences between linear text and hypertext,
ultimately I believe the process of translating a linear text into a successfully
functioning hypertext can help students see hypertext as a distinct
medium for thinking, writing, and reading. Precisely because these two
media are so different (one a “remediation” of the other, and sometimes
even remediations of each other), such an activity can be used in a
classroom setting to the benefit of both linear and hypertextual writing.
Jennifer Bowie
Hypertext in the Classroom:
The Land of Promise and Problems
This paper looks at hypertext in the classroom as a technology of
promise and problems. Hypertext appears to be both a technology
and a medium that fits the social constructive or epistemic pedagogy.
Wendy Austin
“Toto, We’re Not in Kansas Anymore”;
or, Hypertext Theory Meets the Dreaded Research Paper
Based on an analysis of the limited number of hypertext research
papers that are available on the Web, I provide a classification scheme
of eight types of hypertext research papers and rate them in order of
complexity for the student to create and the instructor to teach. I also
explore the differences between the characteristics of hypertext
research projects and traditional, print research papers. To illustrate
these differences, I analyze one particular hypertext research project
created by a student in a first-year composition course, pointing out its
strengths and weaknesses.
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