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CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

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Saturday<br />

1:30 — 3:00 Session H.1<br />

MOO Texts as Cognitive <strong>and</strong> Rhetorical Spaces<br />

RB 104<br />

Joel English, moderator<br />

Michelle Glaros<br />

Accountable Assessment in the Age of Digital Labor<br />

Accountability. Assessment. In this short essay, I explore the ways in<br />

which the modes of thinking assessed by st<strong>and</strong>ardized exams diverge<br />

from the modes of thinking dem<strong>and</strong>ed by the digital labor market; <strong>and</strong><br />

reflect on our responsibilities as educators to assess our students’<br />

preparation for that market in a responsible way. If the methods <strong>and</strong><br />

measures we currently employ run counter to the modes of thinking<br />

our students-turned-workers must be proficient in to survive on the<br />

digital labor market, we put ourselves in the position of being not<br />

only unaccountable, but irresponsible educators.<br />

Steve Benninghoff<br />

Seeing the Virtual–MOOvements Towards Process Thinking<br />

I discuss the way some students who had previously been frustrated<br />

in composition classes responded favorably to being able to see<br />

<strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong> the “virtual” processes underlying communication via<br />

the Moo, <strong>and</strong> also the way students who felt they had mastered the<br />

traditional approaches to composition felt threatened, <strong>and</strong> even resisted<br />

Moo classes at times.<br />

John Ronan<br />

MOOssay:<br />

Potential Parameters of Interpretation Within a MOO Essay<br />

This presentation focuses on MOO as a writing space, as opposed to<br />

MOO as synchronous communication. This presentation focuses on<br />

theoretical problems of agency, ethos, <strong>and</strong> audience <strong>and</strong> practical<br />

concerns of basic programming the MOOssay foregrounds.<br />

92 <strong>Computers</strong> & <strong>Writing</strong> 2001

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