Teaching, Technology, Textuality

This collection of original essays discusses the implications of the new media for the creation, delivery and assessment of English studies. Strategies by which digital technologies can serve professional, scholarly and pedagogical needs in a completely new way are explored in the context of the role and mission of humanities in the electronic age.

This collection of original essays discusses the implications of the new media for the creation, delivery and assessment of English studies. Strategies by which digital technologies can serve professional, scholarly and pedagogical needs in a completely new way are explored in the context of the role and mission of humanities in the electronic age.

List of Figures Series Preface (Series Editor) Notes on Contributors Glossary Introduction: From Literacy to e-Literacy; M.Hanrahan & D.Madsen Chronology of Communication Technologies and Media PART ONE: PROFESSIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS The Humanities: A Technical Profession; A.Liu A Threat to Professional Identity?: The Resistance to Computer-Mediated Teaching; B.Alexander Intellectual Property and the Humanities; C.Kelty PART TWO: A NEW ENGLISH? THEORY AND PRACTICE Putting IT into the English Syllabus: A Case of Square Pegs and Round Holes?; S.Lee A Technology of Our Own: The Place of Computers and the Case of the Small Press; J.O'Loughlin Postcolonial Pedagogical Thresholds: The Imperial Archive and Postgraduate Web Design; L.Litvak PART THREE: VIRTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS All Aboard Blackboard; L.Botshon American Cultural Studies and E-Teaching Internationally; D.Fischer-Hornung & W.Holtkamp Transatlantic Exchanges: Mediating Student Learning Through e-Discussions; D.Van Oostrum PART FOUR: HYPERMEDIA: THEORY AND PRACTICE Audience, Purpose, and Medium: How Digital Media Extend Humanities Education; E.Rabkin The Rhetoric of New Media: Teaching a Rhetoric of Hypertext; J.Rice Learning Secretary Hand: An Interactive Tutorial; A.Booth , D.Lindley & O.Pickering Appendix: Key Individuals Works Cited Further Reading Index