ABSTRACT
At a recent conference on computers and writing, an audience member asked if there was any proof that computer-based teaching is superior to traditional teaching in getting students to improve their writing. Peg Syverson, Associate Director of the Computer Writing and Research Labs at the University of Texas, Austin, replied:
When I first heard Syverson’s answer, it struck a responsive chord. In the four classes reported in this book, a major benefit of teaching with multimedia networked computers was to introduce students to new types of reading and writing practices that they couldn’t get otherwise.
