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#cwcon2011 – CCO Notable Google Analytics

Joe Erickson — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:09:31 +0000

This Chart features the bottom (by number of visits) U.S. States from which visitors have visited CCO since January 1, 2011.

#cwcon2011 – CCO Notable Google Analytics

Joe Erickson — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:53:38 +0000

This chart features the top 25 (by number of visits) U.S. States from which visitors have visited CCO since January 1, 2011.

#cwcon2011 – CCO Notable Google Analytics

Joe Erickson — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:44:51 +0000

This chart presents the top 15 (by number of visits) countries from which visitors have visited CCO since January 1, 2011.

#cwcon2011 – CCO Notable Google Analytics

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:37:26 +0000

This chart presents trends in browser usage among visitors to CCO since January 1, 2011.

#cwcon2011 – CCO Notable Google Analytics

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:35:14 +0000

This chart features the number of site visitors to Computers and Composition Online since January 1, 2011.

#cwcon 2011 – Collaborative Authorship at CCO

Joe Erickson — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:54:37 +0000

This post is the first of several related to the Computers and Writing 2011 panel entitled ”Online Journal Administration: The Editorial Mentor and a More Inclusive Future for Scholarly Publishing,” which will take place on May 20th at 11:45 am. I’ll provide a series of examples that panelist mention in their presentations relating their work on Computers and Composition Online. This first post features two collaboratively produced pieces in recent issues of the journal. I worked on the above piece with author Dirk Remely from Kent State University. This great piece addresses his students’ work with SecondLIfe in a business writing class. I helped produce the online interface for what was originally a text-based piece.

This piece was originally authored by Jeanie Parker-Beard. Again, in it’s original form, it was essentially a text-based piece. With the assistance of Brittany Barger Cottrill, the piece was transformed into a wonderful online article that functions well in an online environment.

These are just two examples of how collaboration has led to the publication of quality pieces of online scholarship that display of blend of technical and scholarly expertise.

Call for Nominations: Computers and Composition Awards

Joe Erickson — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:56:51 +0000

Computers and Composition Call for Nominations

Computers and Composition is now accepting nominations for awards in five categories. Award titles and descriptions may be viewed below, and to see complete listings of past recipients, visit our web site http://computersandcomposition.osu.edu/html/awards.htm

Dates of eligibility for all awards are January 1 through December 31 of 2010. Recipients will be honored at this year’s Computers and Writing Conference in Ann Arbor. Queries can be directed to Kris Blair kblair@bsu.edu. The deadline for all nominations is March 15, 2011.

Computers and Composition Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field

The Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field, inaugurated in 2003 in honor of the 20th anniversary of Computers and Composition, recognizes exemplary scholarship and professional service to the field of computers and writing. The award celebrates the first 20 years of the journal (1983-2003) in which Charles Moran not only contributed over 30 publications (books, articles, chapters) to the profession but also supported the growth of the journal and field in multiple ways as a valued member of the Computers and Composition Editorial Board. We can think of no other person who better exemplifies what it means to be an esteemed scholar and colleague in these rapidly changing times of the information age. The Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field will be given at the Computers and Writing Conference.

Please send letters of nomination for the Charles Moran Award, outlining the candidate’s ongoing contributions to the field in scholarship and service by March 15 to:

Kris Blair

Charles Moran Award

Department of English

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

Computers and Composition Hugh Burns Best Dissertation Award

To acknowledge and support the growth and acceptance of scholarship, research, and teaching in our field, we present on an annual basis the Computers and Composition Hugh Burns and Ellen Nold Awards. The Hugh Burns Award is presented annually for the best dissertation in Computers and Composition Studies. Computers and Composition will honor the winner during an awards presentation held during the Computers and Writing Conference. Deadline for nominations is March 15. Send nominations for the Hugh Burns Award to:

Kris Blair

Hugh Burns Award

Department of English

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

Computers and Composition Ellen Nold Best Article Award

To acknowledge and support the growth and acceptance of scholarship, research, and teaching in our field, we present on an annual basis the Computers and Composition Hugh Burns and Ellen Nold Awards. The Ellen Nold Award is presented annually for the best article in computers and composition studies. Computers and Composition will honor the winner during an awards presentation held during the Computers and Writing Conference. Deadline for nominations is March 15. Send nominations for the Ellen Nold Award to:

Kris Blair

Ellen Nold Award

Department of English

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award

To acknowledge and support the growth and acceptance of scholarship, research, and teaching in our field, we present on an annual basis the Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award. The award honors book-length works that contribute in substantial and innovative ways to the field of computers and composition. In recognition of the changing nature of publications in computers and composition research, theory, and practice, the Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award is open to not only printed and bound books but also large hypertexts, multimedia programs, and Web sites. The Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award complements existing awards for best article (the Ellen Nold Award) and best dissertation (the Hugh Burns Award). Computers and Composition will honor the winner during an awards presentation held during the Computers and Writing Conference. To nominate a book for the Distinguished Book Award, the nominator must write a letter outlining the ways in which the work contributes to scholarship, research, and teaching in computers and composition, and submit the letter and three copies of the book (or arrange to have the publisher send three copies of the book). Potential categories of emphasis for nomination include originality of research and/or application, methodological sophistication, and scope of work. Deadline for nominations is March 15. Send nominations for the Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award to:

Kris Blair

Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award

Department of English

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

Computers and Composition Michelle Kendrick Outstanding Digital Production/Scholarship Award

The Computers and Composition Michelle Kendrick Outstanding Digital Production/Scholarship Award was inaugurated in 2006 to recognize the creation of outstanding digital productions, digital environments, and/or digital media scholarship. It acknowledges that any single mode of communication, including the alphabetic, can represent only a portion of meaning that authors/designers might want to convey to audiences. As does our field, this award recognizes the intellectual and creative effort that goes into such work and celebrates the scholarly potential of digital media texts and environments that may include visuals, video animation, and/or sound, as well as printed words. This award is dedicated to Michelle Kendrick, who passed away in 2006. Her outstanding scholarship continues to make its mark on the field. Deadline for nominations is March 15. Send nominations for the Computers and Composition Kendrick Outstanding Digital Production/Scholarship Award to:

Kris Blair

Digital Production/Scholarship Award

Department of English

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

Congratulations to Dr. Kris Blair!

Joe Erickson — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:51:49 +0000

This year at the Computers and Writing conference in West Lafyette, IN, Dr. Kris Blair, our Editor here at CCO, was awarded the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field. As its title implies, this award is given each year to a scholar with outstanding achievements in scholarship and service to the field. Given Dr. Blair’s long list of peer reviewed publications, her extensive and first-rate work with graduate students, her role as editor of a quality online journal, and her outstanding commitment to the field of computers and writing, Dr. Blair is an excellent choice for this award. Those of us who are fortunate enough to work with Kris on a regular are so proud to see her recognized with this important award, which she so rightly deserves.

Congratulations Kris!

Here is a link to the Charles Moran Award description.

The Computer Connection @ Cs – Do you know about it?

Joe Erickson — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:53:43 +0000

It’s that time of year again when we all start making plans to propose panels and presentation for next year’s 4Cs conference, and, as such, I thought it would be appropriate to remind everyone about a really valuable yet, I think, under-recognized presentation opportunity at the Cs: The Computer Connection. Each year the CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition (7Cs) solicits proposals for presentations on the use of technology in the classroom, scholarship, or just about any other disciplinary pursuit for inclusion in a special cluster of presentations, known as the Computer Connection (CC).

I had the pleasure of presenting in the CC this year in Louisville, and I am happy to say that it was one the best Cs experiences I have had so far. My panel was well attended, and audience members asked lots of questions. The moderator actually had to ask us to end Q and A because we ran out over our allotted time. Here are a few details about how the CC works. There are only two presenters per panel, each person getting 25 minutes to speak, which leaves lots of time for discussion. Also, given the technological topics of these presentations, all presenters have access to computer projector equipment, which is not the case for regular Cs presentations. The CFP deadline is usually well after the official Cs deadline. In fact, the deadline comes after most people hear whether or not their Cs proposal was accepted or not. Additionally, the CC is not part of the 1 presentation/1 speaking role rule at Cs, which means that it can be done in addition to any other speaking role you might have.

For budgetary reasons, this under-recognized component of the Cs is unfortunately not well publicized. You won’t find any mention of it on the Cs website, and it is not mentioned in the conference program, though there usually are paper flyers available at the conference near where the official programs are given out. If you are interested in giving a presentation on any topic related to the intersection of computers and composition/rhetoric, I hope that you’ll consider sending in a proposal for next year’s Computer Connection and that you’ll spread the word to others who might be interested as well. Alternatively, if you don’t end up presenting at CC, look for the CC flyer at the conference when you register so you can come by to watch some of the presentations.

Here is the link to the Computers and Writing Clearinghouse website for more info on what the Computer Connection is all about and how you can submit a proposal.

http://computersandwriting.org/CCcall07

(Even More) Watson 2008

Joe Erickson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:25:13 +0000

I had the great pleasure of sitting in on a panel presentation given by Ehren Pflugfelder and Cristyn Elder from Purdue University on Plagiarism Pedagogy. Drawing on quite a bit of recent research on the subject of plagiarism as well as their own experiences addressing this issues as teachers, Pflugfelder and Elder walked us through some of the key features of a wonderful web resource they created for helping teachers more effectively teach studetns about plagiarism. There argument was basically that policies for dealing with plagiarism should not come from top down – university down to the classroom – but that they should be developed in the classroom context with students. In other words, the teaching of plagiarism should be part of the teaching of writing, and students should be involved in determining what would constitute plagiarism in their classroom context and what the consequences would be for committing this definitition of plagiarism.

The site offer some great, downloadable lesson plans and exercises for engaging students in this porcess. According to Pflugfelder and Elder, their site may soon become part of Purdue’s famous OWL. For now, though, you can access the site here.