"Digital Invention: A Repository of Online Resources for College Composition Instruction"

About the Author

Mary K. Stewart is a PhD candidate in the School of Education at UC Davis, where she is pursuing an emphasis in Language, Literacy, and Culture, and a designated emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies. Her dissertation research focuses on the ways first-year composition instructors design collaborative activities (namely small group discussion and peer review) in computer-assisted, hybrid, and online environments. Find her website at MaryKStewart.com 

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Invention

Digital Literacy

Methods

Practicing Invention

Teaching Invention

The Next Step

References

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A repository of online invention resources available on university writing center websites, this web resource offers writing instructors and writing program administrators an overview of available resources and an explanation of why using such resources to teach invention promotes digital literacy.

If you are looking for INFORMATION about. . .

• ... the relationship between invention and digital literacy, read Invention and Digital Literacy.
• ... the methods used to select the resources on this site, read Methods.
• ... how you can contribute to the future development of this project, read The Next Step. 
• ... the academic resources that influenced this site, read References. 

If you are looking for APPLICATIONS of this information, please visit...

• ... Practicing Invention, which describes specific activities you can assign to your students.
• ... Teaching Invention, which contains example discussion prompts and links to resources.

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