Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy

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January 2026

  1. Quantum Ontologies: Beyond Efficiency in Digital Learning Spaces
    Abstract

    Using the results of a qualitative research study, this webtext theorizes ways to resolve the quantum indeterminacy of online learning spaces in ways that serve social justice efforts. The webtext's design encourages readers to engage with content in varied, unpredictable ways, mirroring the ways that digital learning spaces are experienced in single-multiple ways.

2024

  1. Effective Video Instruction in Online Courses: Suggestions Grounded in Universal Design for Learning

January 2022

  1. Fostering Community through Metacognitive Reflection in Online Technical Communication Courses
    Abstract

    Designing an online course that focuses on multimodality and community building—where community encompasses the online space and the larger society and can be uniquely fostered by metacognitive engagements—can promote student success as literate citizens within and beyond academia. Metacognitive reflection, in our case linked to the canon of Memory, can guide students to reconsider how elements of the course can affect their learning and their work in their future careers.

January 2021

  1. Student-Teacher Conferencing in Zoom: Asymmetrical Collaboration in a Digital Space/(Non)Place
    Abstract

    This webtext presents video recordings of writing conferences with two students in a lower-division online research writing course, analyzed in light of online writing instruction and writing center scholarship on synchronous conferencing—specifically considering the extent to which students in the conference practice or acquire digital literacy skills, benefit from the immediacy of the interaction, and experience an asymmetrical power dynamic.

August 2019

  1. Copyright, Content, & Control: Student Authorship Across Educational Technology Platforms
    Abstract

    This webtext considers how educational technology platforms challenge student authorship and ownership, focusing on three platforms: Turnitin, Twitter, and Canvas. These platforms represent a range of platform types—a plagiarism detection system, a social media platform, and a learning management system—and support an assortment of composing practices and platform-based interactions that give rise to tensions in authorship.

August 2015

  1. Reflections in Online Writing Instruction: Pathways to Professional Development
    Abstract

    In this webtext, we add to the conversation of best practices, focusing on training graduate students to teach online courses and develop pedagogically sound curricula. By training these students in online writing instruction (OWI), we not only encourage best practices in our institution, but we also prepare these graduate students to enter new jobs and programs with a comprehensive understanding of OWI pedagogy.

  2. Introducing Susie: How to Create a Virtual Writing Center Tutor
    Abstract

    In this webtext, we add to the conversation of best practices, focusing on training graduate students to teach online courses and develop pedagogically sound curricula. By training these students in online writing instruction (OWI), we not only encourage best practices in our institution, but we also prepare these graduate students to enter new jobs and programs with a comprehensive understanding of OWI pedagogy.

  3. Composing MOOCs: Conversations about Writing in Massive Open Online Courses with Denise Comer, Jeffrey T. Grabill, Kay Halasek, Bill Hart-Davidson, Patricia James, & Steven Krause

August 2014

  1. Multimodal Instruction: Pedagogy and Practice for Enhancing Multimodal Composition
    Abstract

    This webtext argues for the use of multimodal instruction to design online writing courses with digital tools to deliver instructional content and facilitate feedback" — "we believe students who are asked to produce multimodal composition assignments should be engaged with instructional content of appropriate uses of multimodal materials.

August 2007

  1. Review of Online Learning: All You Need to Know to Facilitate and Administer Online Courses by Mona Engvig

January 2007

  1. Identification, Please: Communication and Control in an Online Learning Environment

August 2005

  1. How Do You Ground Your Training? Sharing the Principles and Processes of Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction
  2. Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction (Hewett and Ehmann)

August 2003

  1. Virtual Education, Real Educators: Issues in Online Learning (O'Haire, Froese-Germain, Lane-De Baie)

May 2002

  1. Communication as the Foundation of Distance Education

August 2001

  1. Generating New Theory for Online Writing Instruction

January 2000

  1. MOOniversity: A Student's Guide to Online Learning Environments

August 1998

  1. Models of Distance Education for Composition: The Role of Video Conferencing