Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum: WAC and Writing Technologies D.Reiss

Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum:
WAC and Writing Technologies
WAC Preconference Workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication 2005
Donna Reiss | Clemson University | My CCCC2005 Presentations

Why WAC in a Wired World

Active and interactive learning throughout and across the disciplines
- With information technology, students develop and share knowledge across campus, national, and international borders, not limited by time and place.
Productivity
- Efficient use of communications technology can help faculty with their research, teaching, and service.
Expanded WAC/CAC community
- Workshops with a technology emphasis can lure faculty new to WAC and foster partnerships with campus technology specialists and with librarians
Literacies
- “Writing” in a wired world means words, pictures, sound, multiple modes, and multimedia as well as text.
  - Student Compositions: Words, Pictures, and Hyperlinks
    Published in Webfolios and Online Discussion Boards
  - Writing Specialists on Technology and New Media
Distributed and distance learning
- WAC programs bring faculty together to develop and share strategies for communication-rich, community-building activities in distance and distributed learning.
Professional community
- Most disciplinary professional organizations are developing position papers supporting use of technology in teaching and publication, placing traditional journals and other disciplinary resources online, and initiating refereed online journals.
Variety
- Many faculty are seeking ways to invigorate their teaching in the new century.
Money
- Grant opportunities are sometimes available for teaching with technology within the disciplines, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for globalization of instruction, and for literacy initiatives.