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Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Monday, March 29, 2010
When Writing Class Moves to Online Learning - Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
For first-year students at many colleges and universities, the single course that everyone takes and the course with the greatest chance for personal interaction with an instructor is writing. So what happens when that key part of the curriculum moves online? The Conference on College Composition and Communication is trying to find out -- and also trying to develop "best practices" guidelines to assure quality as this significant shift takes place. Leaders of the association, gathered here for the group's annual meeting, on Thursday presented preliminary results of national surveys and in-depth focus groups that they have conducted with online writing instructors.

 



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