Semester: Fall 2005 Time: MWF 1:30 - 2:20 pm Place: Kuy 411 Sec: 001 CRN: 72232
Instructor: John Zuern
Office: Kuykendall 219
Office Hours:
MWF
9:30 - 10:20
(and by appointment)
Email (the best way
to contact me): zuern@hawaii.edu Telephone: 956-3019
As more and more of our communication takes place by way of digital devices and global networks. researchers in the field of rhetoric and composition are revisiting traditional ideas about the ways humans use language to inform, teach, persuade, manipulate, and deceive each other.
Rhetoric, Composition, and Computers will explore how this research engages and transforms the rhetorical tradition and deals with the cultural, social, and political dimensions of the present-day writing classroom. Class activities will combine lecture/discussion and workshop/studio formats in order to engage you directly with the electronic media we will be studying. You will submit all your writing assignments online in hypertext or other electronic formats. To give you a sense of the range of resources available to writing teachers, some of our class meetings will take place in online discussion environments such as MOOs and chat spaces, and I will require you to post responses to the readings and class discussions on our class blog.
This class carries the Issues in Contemporary Ethics and Writing Intensive Focus designations. Throughout the semester, our discussions and your writing for this class will engage some of the many ethical questions that arise in connection with online communication. We will also emphasize the principles of effective writing in electronic formats.
Crowley, Sharon and Debra Hawhee.
Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students.
Longman, 2004.
ISBN: 0-321-17276-0
Wysoki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc.
Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition.
Utah State UP, 2004.
ISBN: 0-87421-575-7
All books are available from Revolution Books :: 2626 South King :: 944-3106.
The packet is available from Campus Copy in the Student Center.
Our class web log (blog) is hosted by Blogger at
http://hitechrhet.blogspot.com/.
Some assigned readings and other materials will be available in the Resources section of this site.
You must have an active email account and reliable access to the Internet with a current browser.
Semester grades will be based on your performance in the following assignments:
The analytical essay and the final term paper must be submitted in an electronic format. See Assignments for details.
Assignments are due by class time on the day on which they appear in the schedule. You must complete all assignments to receive a passing grade in this class. Grades for late assignments will be lowered by one letter grade for every day past the due date. I will not read drafts that are submitted more than two days past the deadline.
I will assign grades based on the +/- system. I will use the following values to compute your final grades:
A+ = 4.0 A= 4.0 A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3 B = 3.0 B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3 C = 2.0 C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3 D = 1.0 D- = 0.7
F = 0.0
In compliance with university policy, I will give incompletes only in cases of documented medical or family emergencies.
I expect that you will attend this class regularly and on time. It is especially important that you show up promptly for Chat and MOO sessions, as late arrivals in these online spaces can be especially disruptive for others in the class. More than six (6) unexcused absences will result in a failing grade for the class. If circumstances arise that make it difficult for you to attend on-campus classes and MOO sessions, or to complete your assigned work, please inform me immediately. Don’t wait until the end of the semester, when it will be harder to make accommodations.
Your relationships with your classmates and with me are governed by the Student Conduct Code, which also applies in all the online environments we will be using this semester. I expect you to act in a professional and respectful manner in all of these settings. I also expect you to adhere to the Interim Policy for Responsible Computing and Network Access and the policies of the English Studies Computing Center.
If you feel that the conduct of another student in the class is interfering with your ability to work productively, please speak with me about the problem immediately.
The University of Hawai‘i regulations strictly forbid plagiarism and collusion. Submitting someone else’s work as your own, arranging for someone else to do your writing for you, or purchasing papers will earn you a failing grade for the assignment and may result in a failing grade in the class. Please review the Department of English Statement on Plagiarism and ask about any issues you do not understand.
If you feel you need reasonable accommodations because of the impact of a disability, please contact the KOKUA Program at 956-7511 or 956-7612 in Room 013 of the QLCSS. You should also speak with me privately to discuss your specific needs. I am happy to work with you and the KOKUA Program to meet your access needs related to your documented disability.
Created August 2005 by John Zuern, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Department of English.
Duplication for teaching purposes is permitted as long as this notice is included in all copies.
last updated 08/11/05 by jz