Opening book details…
Can I read The future threat to computers and composition: Nontenured instructors, intellectual property, and distance education on EtoBox?
The future threat to computers and composition: Nontenured instructors, intellectual property, and distance education by Robert Samuels is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The future threat to computers and composition: Nontenured instructors, intellectual property, and distance education about?
In this article, I argue that recent initiatives concerning the use of computer-mediated instruction to improve writing skills in large lecture classes often work to undermine the professional status of composition teachers in North American universities. I trace the use of computer-assisted instruction, specifically distance-education initiatives. To further the cause of a just implementation of CAI, I discuss recent contractual language and explore the current practice of hiring computers and writing specialists into nontenurable staff positions. I posit that writing program administrators need to fight for stable, long-term positions for faculty who teach with computers and within computer-mediated spaces. I also argue that compositionists must seek to regulate and control the ownership of their intellectual property and course materials.
Who reads The future threat to computers and composition: Nontenured instructors, intellectual property, and distance education?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- Robert Samuels
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 8755-4615)
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences