Tech Web: Technical Communication and the
World Wide Web
Carol Lipson and Michael Day, editors
Forthcoming, Erlbaum Pubs.
Preface: Johndan
Johnson-Eilola
and Stuart Selber
Introduction: Michael Day
and Carol Lipson
I. Implications for Curriculum in Degree and
Service Programs
A. Information Design Issues and the Web
- Shaping Texts that Transform: Lessons for Rhetoric from
Human-Computer Interaction, Bill Hart-Davidson, Assistant Professor of
Technical Communication and HCI, Dept. of Language, Literature and
Communication, and Faculty in
Information Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Pedagogical Frameworks for Web Site Design: Rhetoric
and Information Architecture, Lee Honeycutt, Assistant Professor, Dept.
of English, Iowa
State University, Karen McGrane, Director of Information Architecture,
Razorfish.
- Design Information Architecture:
Re-Inventing Technical Communication Curricula for the WorldWide
Web, Michael J. Salvo, Assistant Professor,
Dept. of English, Northeastern University
- Electronic Writing: From Wordsmith to
Information Architect, George Pullman, Assistant Professor, Georgia
State University
- Teaching Technical Communication for
Content-Rich Future Webs, John Barber, University of Texas, Dallas
B. Cross-Cultural Issues
- Online Ethos and Intercultural
Technical Communication: How to Create Credible Messages for
International Internet Audiences, Kirk St. Amant,
Assistant Professor, Institute of Technical and Scientific
Communication,
James Madison University
- Linking Russia and America in Web
Forums: The Global Classroom Project, TyAnna K. Herrington, Associate
Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia
Technological University
- De-Bugging Our Ethics Program:
Questions Raised by Teaching Technical Communication in Armenia, Gil
Harootunian, Professional Writing Instructor, Writing Program, Syracuse
University
C. Legal and Ethical Issues
- Technical Communication as Public
Advocacy: Free Speech, Fair Use, and Digital Information, James E.
Porter, Professor, Department of American Thought and Language,
Michigan State University
- Ethics, Technical Communication, and
Life on the Web, Laura Gurak, Professor, Rhetoric Department; Faculty
Fellow, Law; Director, Internet Studies Center; University of Minnesota
- Parsing the Codes: Technical
Communication, Intellectual Property, and the WorldWide Web, John
Logie, Assistant Professor, Rhetoric Department; Co-Director, The
Internet Studies Center; University of Minnesota
II. Issues and Suggestions
for Pedagogy
in Degree and Service Programs
- Integrating the Web into an
Introductory Technical Communication Course, Susan Lang, Associate
Professor of English, Texas Technological University
- Multimodal Composing: Teaching
Effective Communication Through Exploring Oral, Chirographic,
Typographic, and Electronic Cultures, Rich Rice, Assistant Professor of
English, Texas Technological Universit, Carole Clark Papper, Associate
Professor, English Dept , Ball State University
- Writing for the Electronic Medium: A
Course for the Times, Mary
O'Sullivan, Technical Communication Program, Western Wisconsin
Technical
College
- Integrating the Web into Education for
Technical Communication Majors: A Process-Oriented Approach, Saul
Carliner, Information Design Consultant
- Online? Is There a [Web] Text in This Class?, Susan
Loudermilk,
Assistant Professor of English, Coordinator of Technical and
Professional
Writing, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi