Mission Statement:

 
  Because teaching in a virtual space often requires rethinking our pedagogical practices, the Virtual Classroom provides a forum in which instructors can share ideas, curricula, syllabi, and assignments.

Section Editor -- Brittany Cottrill

 
 


 
Fall 2009, Special Issue: Composition
in the Freeware Age
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Collaborative Convergences in Research and Pedagogy: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Writing with Wikis
Janice Fernheimer, Dean Nieusma, Lei Chi, Lupita Montoya, Thomas Kujala, and Andrew La Padula (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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Web 2.0 and Literate Practices Erin Karper (Niagara University)
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Learning to Write Publicly: Promises and Pitfalls of using Weblogs in the Composition Classroom
John Benson and Jessica Reyman (Northern Illiniois University)
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Spring 2009
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Composing Controversy Moving from Debate to Dialogue with a Justice Talking Radio Broadcast Jacqueline Cason (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
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Feminist Online Writing Courses:
Civic Rhetoric, Community Action, and Student Success
Letizia Guglielmo (Kennesaw State University)
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Web 2.0 Technologies in First-Year Writing Claire Lutkewitte (Ball State University)
   
 
Fall 2008, Special Issue: Reading Games
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Alternate Reality Games: Composition, Collaboration, and Real Community Play J. James Bono (University of Pittsburgh)
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Building the Labyrinth: Adapting Video Game Design Concepts for Writing Course Design Craig McKenney (Highline Community College)
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Are We Truly Worlds Apart?: Building Bridges Between Second Life and Secondary Education Stephanie Vie (Fort Lewis College)
   
 
Spring 2008
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Emulation and Excellence: Improving Student Writing through Modeling Eric LeMay (Harvard University)

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Emerging New Genres in Distance Education: The Video Syllabus Judith Szerdahelyi (Western Kentucky University)

   
 
Fall 2007, Special Issue: Online Research
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Teacher, Researcher, Scholar, Essayist: A Web Text with Some Assembly Required "John-Paul Shovczon" John Borczon and Paul Shovlin (Ohio University)
 

Spring 2007

Remixing Basic Writing: Digital Media Production & the Basic Writing Curriculum Catherine C. Braun, Ben McCorkle & Amie C. Wolf (The Ohio State University)
Visible and Hidden Transcripts: Word Domination and Paths to Resistance Lynn C. Lewis (University of Oklahoma)
   
 
Fall 2006, Special Issue: Sound

Broadcast Composition: Using Audio Files and Podcasts in an Online Writing Course
Steven D. Krause (Eastern Michigan University)

   
 
Spring 2006

Databases and Collaborative Spaces for Composition
Matt Barton (St. Cloud State University) and Charlie Lowe (Purdue University)
 

Fall 2005

A Role for Blogs in Graduate Education: Remediating the Rhetorical Tradition?
Rebekah Shultz Colby, Richard Colby, Justin Felix, Robin Murphy, Brennan Thomas, Kristine Blair (Bowling Green State University)

Computer-Assisted Language Learning in the 21st Century
Brita Banitz (Purdue University)
 

Spring 2005

Media Literacy Project and Community Projects / Media Literacy and Education
Michelle Comstock and Sarah Shirazi (University of Colorado at Denver), with Alan Davis, Nancy Linh Karls, Josˇ Mercado, Scott Randolph & Scott Slack and Daniel Weinshenker

Designing in the dark: Toward Informed Technical Design for the Visually Impaired
Joe Wilferth and Charles Hart (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
 

Fall 2004

The Transgendered and Transgressive Student: Rhetoric and Identity in Trans-Queer Ethnography
Marshall Kitchens (Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan) and Lindsey Larkin
 

Spring 2004

Reflection in the Electronic Writing Classroom
L. Lennie Irvin (San Antonio College)

Open Source and Academia
Laurie Taylor and Brendan Riley (University of Florida & Columbia College)
 

Fall 2003

Mixing Media: Textual, Oral, and Visual Literacies (and then some) in Teaching PowerPoint
Michael Carlson Kapper (Purdue University)

One Size Fits All?: Student Perspectives
on Face-to-Face and Online Writing Pedagogies

Lauren Yena & Zach Waggoner (Arizona State University)
 

Spring 2003

The Year of the Blog: Weblogs in the Writing Classroom (opens in a new window)
Barclay Barrios (Rutgers University)
   

 
     


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