Collaboration in the Online Classroom: Why and How
Donna Reiss

References and Resources
Some starting points for this rich field of scholarship, pedagogy, and practice.

Batson, Trent. "Rhetorical Paths and Cyber-Fields: ENFI, Hypertext, and Bakhtin." The Dialogic Classroom Teachers Integrating Computer Technology, Pedagogy, and Research. Ed. Jeffrey Galin and Joan Latchaw. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1998.

Batson, Trent, and Michael Day. "The Network-Based Writing Classroom: The ENFI Idea." Computer-Mediated Communication and the Online Classroom (v.2). Hampton Press, 1995.

Berge, Zane, and Mauri Collins. The Moderators' Home Page: Resources for Moderators and Facilitators of Online Discussion. Mostly but not exclusively devoted to listservs.

Bruffee, Kenneth A. Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge. Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press, 1999.

Byrnes, George. Professor, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Humber College, Toronto, Ontario. Thanks to Professor Byrnes for his careful review of a draft of this site and for his suggestions that included several of the online resources listed here.

Computers and Composition. Scholarship and practice both appear in this international journal.

Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Studies Center. A journal, magazine, and resource list from John December.

Connect. Although this site is promoting specific collaborative writing software, it is a valuable resource for designers of collaborative writing projects.

Daedalus. Although this site is promoting specific collaborative writing software, it is a valuable resource for designers of collaborative writing projects.

Ede, Lisa, and Andrea Lunsford. Singular Texts/Plural Authors : Perspectives On Collaborative Writing. Southern Illinois UP, 1990; 1992.

Elbow, Peter, and Pat Belanoff. A Community of Writers: A Workshop Course in Writing. New York: Random House, 1989. Among their suggestions: letters.

Fulwiler, Toby. "Writing Back and Forth: Class Letters." Writing to Learn: Strategies for Assigning and Responding to Writing Across the Disciplines. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 69 (Spring 1997): 15-25.

Hickey, Dona, and Donna Reiss. Cybersimulations: Low-Tech Variations of High-Tech Applications for Learning Communities.

Kemp, Fred. "Writing Dialogically: Bold Lessons from Electronic Text." Reconceiving Writing: Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995. 179-194.

Kinkead, Joyce. "Computer Conversations: E-Mail and Writing Instruction." College Composition and Communication 38.3 (October 1987): 337-341.

Palloff, Rena M., and Keith Pratt. Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999.

Reiss, Donna. Active Learning Online: Ideas and Resources.

Reiss, Donna. "Epistolary Pedagogy and Electronic Mail for Learning Literature." Learning Literature in an Era of Change: Innovations in Teaching. Ed. Dona J. Hickey and Donna Reiss. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2000: 18-30.

Reiss, Donna, Dickie Selfe, and Art Young, eds. Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1998.

Spooner, Michael, and Kathleen Yancey. "Postings on a Genre of Email." College Composition and Communication 47.2 (May 1996): 252-278.

Wahlquist, Elizabeth. "Letters: Value to Self and Society." Presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO, March 1988. EDRS ED294 207 CS 211 192.

Young, Art. "Mentoring, Modeling, Monitoring, Motivating: Response to Students’ Ungraded Writing as Academic Conversation." Writing to Learn: Strategies for Assigning and Responding to Writing Across the Disciplines. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 69 (Spring 1997): 27-39.

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developed by Donna Reiss February 2000 and updated 20 September 2000, 15 September 2004