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