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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 →

Jeff Grabill, Stacey Pigg, and Bill Hart-Davidson are headed to the 2010 CPACW/CT3 Conference, “WIDE Open Spaces,” hosted at North Dakota State University–Fargo.  The conference, a hybrid conference and unconference, will focus on issues of virtual worlds, digital places, online … 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 →

North Dakota State University is hosting a meeting in October that plays with “WIDE” as a name and theme and that features presentations from us. The meeting, themed “WIDE Open Spaces” focuses on digital environments in relationship with open sources, … 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 →