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M. A.
Syverson |
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Since
1994 I've been teaching undergraduate
and graduate courses in the Computer
Writing and Research Lab, which is part of the Division
of Rhetoric and Composition at the University
of Texas at Austin. The web-based annual
report for the CWRL can be found here. I'm also one of the founding
faculty for the new center for Technology,
Literacy, and Culture. I'm interested in research in complex systems,
distributed cognition, information architecture, knowledge ecologies, teaching
and learning environments, writing, and design. My book, The
Wealth of Reality: An Ecology of Composition, was published by Southern
Illinois University Press in 1999. More information about my teaching
philosophy can be found here.
I've also been involved in several ongoing projects. The Learning Record Online is a large-scale project that documents students' development and achievement using diverse forms of evidence of student learning. The Learning Record Online was adapted for college-level courses with permission from the Learning Record, developed for K-12 by the Center for Language in Learning. It has been funded by the Carnegie Foundation, DARPA, the Institute for Technology and Learning, and UT's College of Liberal Arts. We are currently working on the web-to-database application of the Learning Record. This new application will support the use of the Learning Record on the web and also develop a national archive that can be used for research on learning in college level courses. Worlds Fair is a large collaborative project which engages visitors in a web-based science fiction story that incorporates multimedia exhibits for an intergalactic "worlds fair". Contributions may include non-fiction exhibits about some aspect of life on earth, or science fiction exhibits from remote galaxies. Recently, Worlds Fair received an Innovations in Instructional Technology Award from UT. I'm also very pleased to be one of the editors for the online component of the Computers and Composition Journal, the leading international journal for teachers of writing in computer-enhanced environments. |
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