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"Teaching Technical Communication with Wikis"

About the Author

Jennifer Bracken Scott is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication at New Mexico State University.  Her interests include technical communication pedagogy and classroom applications for multimedia.  She presented earlier versions of this article at the 2009 Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association conference and the 2009 Computers and Writing conference.

 

 

 

Contents

Introduction

Pedagogical Benefits

Practical Benefits

Considerations for Instructors

Works Cited

Works Cited

Carr, Tony, Andrew Morrison, Glenda Cox, and Andrew Deacon.  ““Weathering Wikis: Net-Based Learning Meets Political Science in a South African University.”  Computers and Composition 24 (2007): 266-284.

Collier, Jim.  “Assignments:  Wiki Article.”  Technical Writing :  Syllabus. 18 May 2008.  Virginia Tech.  18 November 2008 <http://www.faculty.english.vt.edu/Collier/3764/assign/wiki.htm>.

Cook, Kelli Cargile. "Layered Literacies: A Theoretical Frame for Technical Communication Pedagogy." Technical Communication Quarterly 11.1 (2002): 5-29.

Garza, Susan Loudermilk, Tommy Hern.  “Using Wikis as Collaborative Writing Tools: Something Wiki This Way Comes--Or Not!”  Kairos 10.1 (2007).  3 November 2008 <http://english.ttu.edu/Kairos/10.1/binder2.html?http://falcon.tamucc.edu
/wiki/WikiArticle/Home
>.

Gurak, Laura J., and Ann Hill Duin.  “The Impact of the Internet and Digital Technologies on Teaching and Research in Technical Communication.”  Technical Communication Quarterly 13.2 (2004): 187-198.

Kalmbach, James.  “Technical Reports as Rhetorical Practice.”  Resources in Technical Communication:  Outcomes and Approaches. Ed. Cynthia Selfe.  Amityville:  Baywood, 2007.  21-35.

Kitalong-Will, Ann.  “Analyzing the Interactive Audience:  Constructing a Communal Knowledge Base.”  Resources in Technical Communication:  Outcomes and Approaches. Ed. Cynthia Selfe.  Amityville:  Baywood, 2007.  179-192.

PBworks. "Driving Wiki Adoption in Your Organization". 2008. PBworks 2010. <http://pbworks.com/f/driving-wiki-adoption.pdf>.

Spinuzzi, Clay. “Pseudotransactionality, Activity Theory, and Professional Writing Instruction.” Technical Communicaton Quarterly 5.3 (1996): 295-308.

Thralls, Charlotte, and Nancy Roundy Blyler. "The Social Perspective and Professional Communication: Diversity and Directions in Research." Central Works in Technical Communication. Eds. Johndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart A. Selber. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 125-145.

Wilson, Greg.  “Technical Communication and Late Capitalism: Considering a Postmodern Technical Communication Pedagogy.”   Journal of Business and Technical Communication 15 (2001).  72-99.

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Posted by xcheditor on May 21, 2021 in article, Issue 6.2

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