Technical Communication Quarterly Sep 1998

The culture of distance education: Implementing an online graduate level course in audience analysis

Ann Hill Duin University of Minnesota System

Abstract

This essay details the experience of designing, implementing, and evaluating an online course in audience analysis at the graduate level. Through a discussion of the culture of this online course, I describe how the educational culture of the Land Grant Mission flowed into our efforts to create a quality learning experience, and how the Web modules and asynchronous (listserv) and synchronous (MOO) conversations influenced communication and learning.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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1998-09-01
DOI
10.1080/10572259809364638
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