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|Call for papers
|Writing strategies
|Writing environment
|Evaluating sources
|Academic peer review practice
|Assignment 1 (for 5.12.2007)
|Assignment 2 (after 5.12.2007)
|Way to go further
|Evaluate the course



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Academic Writing and Hypertext
Types of academic texts
Referring
Quoting
Literature references
Article structure
Sequential outlining
Hierarchical outlining
Writing process and environment

Writing process and environment

MII7130 Academic Writing and Hypertext


Participants?
Mind map assignments


|Call for papers


• Conference or workshop call for papers, e.g. search for "interactive online communities"

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|Writing strategies


• Top-down (starting from top hierarchical levels) vs. bottom up writing (starting from low hierarchical levels)
• Linear (starting from beginning) vs. nonlinear writing (following some other order but linear)
=> Outlining tools facilitate this!

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|Writing environment


Text editor: local/web-based, OS?
Outliners, mind-mappers: built-in, web-based
Spelling checker: built in, web-based
• Grammar checker: built-in, web-based, self-standing. Comparative article
Reference management software: local, web-based
Project management software
Workspace ergonomics : Watch out for neck pains and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Laptop ergonomics

Workspace ergonomics
http://www.cpaadvisor.us

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|Evaluating sources


Source criticism
Article impact rate

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|Academic peer review practice


Peer review (conventional review organized by the journal of submission)
• Spontaneous review (among blogsphere, friends...)
Online peer review software

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|Assignment 1 (for 5.12.2007)


Work individually.
1) Elaborate your existing text for blog or wikipedia publication in mind, following the academic practice (this course, web guides, the publication's guidelines).
Blog publishing guidelines
Wikipedia publishing guidelines
Ask advice if you feel like.
2) Save, preferably your IVA account.
3) Build a link to your document from the wiki!

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|Assignment 2 (after 5.12.2007)


Work individually as a reviewer.
1.) Read someone else's paper, given to you by the editor in chief.
Write an evaluation with following criteria:
• Is the problem stated clearly
• Is the supporting litterature convincing
• Is the reference practice proper (both inline and in the list of references)
• Is the argumentation clear
• Is it publishable, and if not
• What improvements (including language) should be made
2) For anonymity, log into Google mail account as imke.evaluator[at]gmail.com with the password you get from Mauri.
3) Send your review to the same email. Don't mention your name, this should stay anonymous, according to the standard peer review practice. Mauri will mediate the review to the author of the text you reviewed.

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|Way to go further


Using the feedback, elaborate your text towards a publication, such as (final) blog entry, actual Wikipedia article, or for you MA thesis. Consider a submission to a conference or summer school.

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|Evaluate the course


Fill the anonymous course feedback sheet.
Come up more ideas for the improvement of the course to the wiki, perhaps reflecting the goals.
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