Computers and Composition 20/20: A Conversation Piece, or What Some Very Smart People Have to Say about the Future

Walker, Janice R.; Blair, Kristine L.; Eyman, Douglas; Hart-Davidson, William; McLeod, Mike; Grabill, Jeffrey T.; Kemp, Fred; Palmquist, Mike; Purdy, James P.; Sorapure, Madeleine; Tulley, Christine E.; Vitanza, Victor J.

doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2011.09.004

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“…For teachers, the challenge has been to try to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change and the wide array of possible uses identified for digital tools in educational contexts. Seeking to address a call for greater attention to technological innovations and their applications in writing classrooms (Buck, 2008;Walker et al, 2011), I share below my own experiences with a digital resource that has allowed me to enrich my feedback on students' written assignments. I argue that at a time when effective feedback practices for second-language (L2) writers more often remains an ideal than a reality, screencasting technology represents a low-cost, intuitive, and time-saving interface the multimodal nature of which can counter limitations typically associated with more traditional feedback approaches.…”

Section: La Technologie Joue Un Rôle Croissant Dans Le Travail Des Enmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2013

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Section: La Technologie Joue Un Rôle Croissant Dans Le Travail Des Enmentioning

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2013

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“…the degree to which errors are dealt with immediately or at a later stage) and key resources (ex. use of L1 and external web-based sources of information), this approach provides valuable data about digital literacy practices and the ways in which these are changing how a new generation of students are learning to write (Walker et al, 2011). Consequently, this type of research can help account for some of the fundamental changes associated to writing in digital environments (Grabill & Pigg, 2010).…”

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Screen capture technology: A digital window into students' writing processes / Technologie de capture d’écran: une fenêtre numérique sur le processus d’écriture des étudiants

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2013

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Technological innovations and the prevalence of the computer as a means of producing and engaging with texts have dramatically transformed the ways in which literacy is defined and developed in modern society. Concurrently, this rise in digital writing practices has led to a growing number of tools and methods that can be used to explore second language (L2) writers’ writing development. This paper provides an overview of one such technique: the contributions of screen capture technology as a means of analyzing writers' composition processes. This paper emphasizes the unique advantages of being able to unobtrusively gather, store and replay what have traditionally remained hidden sequences of events at the heart of L2 writers' text production. Drawing on research data from case studies of university L2 writers, findings underscore the contribution screen capture technology can make to writing theory's understanding of the complex series of behaviours and strategies at the heart of L2 writers' interactions. Les innovations technologiques et la prévalence de l'ordinateur comme moyen de produire et d’interagir avec les textes ont radicalement transformé la façon dont la littératie est définie et développée dans la société moderne. Cette augmentation des pratiques d'écriture numérique a généré un nombre croissant d'outils et de méthodes disponibles pour explorer le développement de l'écriture dans une langue seconde (L2). Cet article donne un aperçu de l’une de ces techniques: les contributions offertes par la technologie de capture d'écran en tant que moyen d’analyse des processus d’écriture. L’article met l'accent sur les avantages incomparables qu’offre la possibilité de recueillir discrètement, de conserver et de revoir ce qui normalement reste une suite d'événements cachés au cœur du processus d’écriture dans une langue seconde. S'appuyant sur des données de recherche issues d’études de cas d’étudiants en L2 de niveau universitaire, les résultats mettent en lumière la contribution de la technologie de capture d'écran à la compréhension théorique de séries complexes de comportements et de stratégies situées au cœur des interactions des étudiants de L2 en contexte d’écriture.

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“…Or, a human may initiate said refill on their own and talk with a chatbot. Hence, as AI and humans need to work together in chains of interactions, this requires TPC to conceptualize new smart contexts where AI listens, responds, knows when to hold off, and when to support and when to act for users (Walker et al, 2011). As AI may act in assistive (requested by us), agentive (acting with us), and autonomous ways (acting without us), frameworks will need to be developed for incorporating these in user-centered ways in UX and TPC.…”

Section: Skills: Move To Smart Contexts and Conversational Designmentioning

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Investigating the Impact of Design Thinking, Content Strategy, and Artificial Intelligence: A “Streams” Approach for Technical Communication and User Experience

Verhulsdonck

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Tham

2021

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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Technical and professional communication (TPC) and user experience (UX) design are often seen as intertwined due to being user-centered. Yet, as widening industry positions combine TPC and UX, new streams enrich our understanding. This article looks at three such streams, namely, design thinking, content strategy, and artificial intelligence to uncover specific industry practices, skills, and ways to advocate for users. These streams foster a multistage user-centered methodology focused on a continuous designing process, strategic ways for developing content across different platforms and channels, and for developing in smart contexts where agentive products act for users. In this article, we synthesize these developments and draw out how these impact TPC.

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Computers and Composition 20/20: A Conversation Piece, or What Some Very Smart People Have to Say about the Future

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

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Screen capture technology: A digital window into students' writing processes / Technologie de capture d’écran: une fenêtre numérique sur le processus d’écriture des étudiants

Investigating the Impact of Design Thinking, Content Strategy, and Artificial Intelligence: A “Streams” Approach for Technical Communication and User Experience

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