[Air-l] call for chapters:Internet-Based Workplace Communications: Industry and Academic Perspectives

jeremy jhuns at vt.edu
Tue Apr 1 06:50:10 PST 2003


CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Internet-Based Workplace Communications: Industry and Academic Perspectives
Edited by Kirk St.Amant and Pavel Zemliansky, James Madison University

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2003

Electronic communication technologies (computers and the Internet) play 
a crucial role in written workplace communications. Universities and 
colleges also use these technologies in teaching students to interact 
with others. It is therefore important for individuals in both 
professional and academic environments to understand how each group uses 
computer-based technologies to communicate.

This book will explore computer and Internet-based workplace 
communication and writing practices and will examine computer-based 
methods of teaching of writing and professional communication at the 
college and at the university level.  The book will examine similarities 
and differences between workplace communication practices and approaches 
to teaching writing and professional communication.

This collection will be targeted at the following groups of readers:
· Teachers of professional writing and of college composition courses
· Professionals who write on the job
· Administrators who develop writing and professional communication 
programs.
· Students enrolled in graduate-level professional writing and 
composition programs

Recommended chapter topics include but are not limited to the following 
areas:
· The ways in which the web is changing/affecting professional 
communication practices
· The evolution of professional communication practices as related to 
new, Internet-based models of business
· The effects of the international diffusion of online access on 
corporate communication practices
· The changing nature of professional genres in relation to online 
communication practices in the workplace
· The changing nature of the professional communication expectations 
employers have of new employees
· The uses of hypertext theory and web writing assignments in the 
writing and the professional communication classroom
· The uses of online discussion forums as a tool in writing and 
communications instruction
· The uses online writing centers and online tutoring in the teaching 
process
· The uses of MUDs and MOOs in writing and professional communication 
courses
· Teaching and learning collaboration in computer-assisted writing 
classrooms
· Intellectual property, electronic copyright, and the open-source movement
· Proposed methods for using the web to re-examining 
workplace-educational relationships
· Proposed methods for re-evaluating writing/communication education in 
relation to the new online workplace environment
· Proposed teaching techniques related to professional online 
communication practices
· Proposed Internet-based resources or information sharing strategies 
that can contribute to educational (an ultimately workplace) success
· Obstacles to overcome in making educational practices meet workplace 
needs and expectations in relation to online communication practices

Submission Procedure
Authors are invited to submit chapter proposals (one single-spaced page 
maximum) on or before April 15, 2003.  In their proposal, prospective 
authors should clearly explain
· The purpose and the contents of their proposed chapter
· The relationship of the proposed chapter to the objectives of the book

Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal and sent 
chapter organizational guidelines by April 30, 2003.  Drafts of chapters 
will be due by July 31, 2003.  The book is scheduled to be published by 
Idea Group, Inc. in 2004.

Please send inquiries or submit materials electronically (Microsoft Word 
or Rich Text files) to both editors at
stamankr at jmu.edu
and
zemliapx at jmu.edu





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