Network Support for Writing across the Curriculum: Developing an Online Writing Center
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Abstract
Recent advances in computer and computer-network technologies make it possible to consider an alternative to the indirect, top-down pedagogy used in most writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs (e.g., a pedagogy that views faculty as the primary audience for WAC-related training). Drawing on the results of a 4-year effort to establish a campus-wide, computer-supported writing environment, we suggest that computer networks and specifically designed instructional software (e.g., multimedia instructional materials and interactive writing exercises) can provide the basis for a network-supported, writing-center-based WAC program. Our discussion focuses on development of network communication tools and hypermedia courseware to support WAC.