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Note: The final deadline for submissions was January 31, 2001. This page is being maintained for informational purposes only. Sorry, but no further submissions will be accepted.

Computers and Writing Online 2001 solicited proposals for presentations related to the conference theme: 2001: A Cyber Odyssey.

Suggested topics

• Where have we been in computers and writing, and where are we going? How are we going to get there?
• What lessons from the twentieth century can we use most effectively in the twenty-first? Are these technological? Or instead social or cultural? Other? How do you know?
• In what ways does computers and writing connect with the study of other media or technologies in the twentieth century? Do these connections suggest a broader or more diverse odyssey?
• Who has been most involved in computers and writing? How might we broaden or diversity the field?
• What technologies from the twentieth century promise to be most applicable for the twenty-first? How do you know?
• How has computers and writing developed over the years? Have specific leaders shown the way, or has it been more about a wide range of individuals taking the lead at different points? How do you know, and what does the developmental path mean?
• How might pedagogy change in the twenty-first century? How might it stay connected to that of the past?
• Has computers and writing research changed significantly? What are current "best practices," and what are their implications? How might they change into the twenty-first century?
• What is computers and writing's next great odyssey? How do you know?

Presentation format

Most presenters at C&W Online 2001 will:

• Provide webbed materials (a paper or another kind of web site) for conference attendees to read
• Host a synchronous discussion of the webbed material they provide

We also welcome proposals for:

• Discussions of original texts on our email list cwonline
• Short series of instructional workshops which can be held in a MOO, and attended by up to fifteen people
• Demonstrations of online environments or software.

Webbed materials may be placed on your site or ours. Assistance is available for those who do not know how to create web pages. Webbed materials must be ready for conference attendees to access by February 27, 2001, so that links may be placed on the conference schedule.

All synchronous sessions will be held on the MOO Connections, and MOO help will be provided for those who need it. One exception: synchronous sessions whose purposes include demonstrating real-time educational environments other than Connections will be held at those environments rather than at Connections. Presenters must provide access and help for conference-goers to attend the session.

Within these basic guidelines, you're free to propose any kind of session you want: single presenter, multiple presenters, roundtables, panels, workshops, poster sessions, and so on. Innovations are welcome, so if a traditional format doesn't suit your material, alter a format, or invent your own!

Strands

As part of our collaborative relationship with Computers and Writing 2001, the onsite conference to be held in Muncie, Indiana, in May 2001, we have invited friends with special knowledge of areas of scholarship or activity to develop and coordinate presentation strands in those areas.

In essence, a strand is a theme that is emphasized in the conference program. If you submit a proposal, you may elect to have it reviewed by the organizer of a particular strand for possible inclusion, but it is not required that you do so. Either way, you will submit your proposal using the forms on this website--you select the strand option simply by checking the strand of your choice, if appropriate. If your proposal is not accepted by the strand coordinator, the conference committee will consider it for the general pool of presentations as well, so electing to prepare a strand proposal does not positively or negatively affect the chances that it will be accepted.

More information about strands can be found on our strands page.

Guidelines for submissions