Teaching Technical Writing through E-Mail: Making Hyperspace Personal.

Miles, Thomas H.

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ERIC Number: EJ529115

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Teaching Technical Writing through E-Mail: Making Hyperspace Personal.

Miles, Thomas H.

Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, v42 n4 p658-60 Nov 1995

Describes the instructional use of electronic mail, and its implications for technical literacy. Discusses the fall from the illusion of narrative consciousness into the reality of "hypertext consciousness" and the impersonality factor. (SR)

Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Technical Writing

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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