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ATTW 2011 Research Methods Workshops Atlanta April 5, 2011 8:30-12:00 Scholarships Available! The Research Methods Workshops are an initiative of the Research Committee of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) aimed at providing an opportunity for those entering … Continue reading →

Our SIGDOC 2010 proceedings paper Measuring Helpfulness in Online Peer Review was published this week. And though none of the authors made it to Brazil for the conference, sadly, we are happy that the work is now available. We are … Continue reading →

The Writing in Digital Environments Research Center is one of the Institute for Museum & Library Services 2010 National Leadership Grant award winners and will lead a three year project entitled “Facilitating Learning in Digital Museum Environments.” The main focus … Continue reading →

A new multi-institutional study led by the WIDE research center at Michigan State University finds that U.S. College Students have rich and complex writing lives. The survey of 1366 students finds that sending and receiving SMS messages – “texting” – … Continue reading →

Yes, we have a new look and a new CMS for the WIDE World Web. Why, you ask? Both are in response to new MSU guidelines for Brand & Identity Standards. We expect the look to evolve a little over … Continue reading →

Jeff Grabill’s book Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies for Citizen Action has been awarded the Reflections“Outstanding Book Award for Civic Scholarship.” The book was chosenfrom a very competitive field of nominations by a prestigious panel ofscholars, including Ellen Cushman, Tom … Continue reading →

A WIDE team has designed a unique online system for assessingMSU’s Tier I writing program. The system combines multiple means of datacollection and analysis with an online faculty community that will determinecriteria for student learning outcomes and apply them to … Continue reading →

The proposal submission site is now available for ATTW 2010. Please link directly to the online proposal submission system at: http://english.ttu.edu/attwconf/2010conference/ProposalRegistrationForm.asp After registering, use the same email address and password that you just registered to log in to the site … Continue reading →

NCTE just announced that Stuart Blythe, Jeff Grabill, and Kirk Riley were named winner of the 2009 NCTE Award in Technical and Scientific Communication in the category of Best Article Reporting Qualitative or Quantitative Research in Technical or Scientific Communication.