ATTW 2006 Program
March 22, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago IL
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8:00-8:45 Registration & Continential Breakfast -- Monroe Ball Room
Conference Introductions & Welcome 8:45-9:00 -- Monroe Ball Room

New! ATTW Sponsored half-day workshop on Teaching Tech Comm: For new instructors
Palmer House Parlor A Palmer House Parlor B
Palmer House Parlor C
Palmer House Parlor D
9:00-10:30
Research Stream
Workplace & Organizational Dynamics
Chair: Michael J. Salvo, Purdue University
Airline merger management by email
Lorelei Ortiz, St Edwards University

Building an electronic response community at work
Katrine Dahl,  University of Copenhagen

Fixing customer self-service
Mike Tillmans, Illinois Institute of Technology

Mindful verbal-visual collaboration in advertising
Geoffrey Cross, University of Louisville
9:00-10:30
Teaching Stream
Teaching tools? Teaching theory?
Chair: Catherine Shuler, Purdue University
Tools and theories: Balancing teaching focus
Douglas Downs, Utah Valley State College

Alternative text(s): Multi-theoried approach to teaching
Patrick Barry, University Illinois Urbana Champaign
Janine Solberg, University Illinois Urbana Champaign
Hannah Bellwoar, U. Illinois Urbana Champaign
9:00-10:30
Design Stream
Learning from consumption:
Chair: Bill Hart-Davidson Michigan State University
User experience as cultural consumption
Huatong Sun, Grand Valley State University

Genre, medium, & mode: Web design & Flash gaming
Samual Graham, Iowa State University

Self-packaging identity: Facebook public performance
Martine Courant Rife, Michigan State University

Design for life(style): Fanculture to human resources
Kellie Rae Carter, Georgia Southern University
9:00-10:30
Technical Stream (for non techies)
Hybrid genres & mobile technologies
Chair: Lisa McGrady, Purdue University
Digital canvases: 'Drawing' chaos and clarity
Gary Mills, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Is game-based learning still designed for men?
Lee Brasseur, Illinois State University

Ars dictaminis in a new light: Spam as genre
Derek Ross, Texas Tech University

Video games as text and technology
Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida
10:30-11:00 Posters! Monroe 
Posters!  Monroe Ball Room
Posters!   Monroe Ball Room
Posters!   Monroe Ball Room
Palmer House Parlor A
Palmer House Parlor B
Palmer House Parlor C Palmer House Parlor D
11:00-12:30
Research Stream
Industrialization
Chair: David Alan Sapp, Fairfield University
Saviors, specters, & the scientific advocacy report
James Heiman, St. Cloud State

Prediscursive to written communication in Iron Industry
Carol Johnson, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Textual origins of the knowledge society
Paul Rogers, UC Sanata Barbara
11:00-12:30
Teaching Stream
New instructional technologies 1
Chair: Sandy Dorley, Conestoga College, Ontario CA
Implications of Blackboard/WebCT Merger
Elizabeth Pass, James Madison University

Class in a cubicle: Material & disciplinary space
Rebecca Jackson, Texas State University

Class in a square inch: Cell phones and IMs
Deborah Morton, Texas State University

Class in an E-space: E-policy and ethical issues
Miriam Williams, Texas State University
11:00:12:30
Design Stream
XML & content management systems
Chair: Lee Tesdell, Minnesota State, Mankato
Rhetorical theory building for "Context-less" writing
Kate Agena, Purdue University

Identifying research agendas in teaching XML
Thomas Barker, Texas Tech University

Text encoding initiative markup language
J.D. Applen, University Central Florida

Lightweight literate programming: Single sourcing
Lynda Walsh, New Mexico Tech
11:00-12:30
Technical Stream (for non techies)
Popular science public media
Chair:Karla Saari Kitalong, U of Central Florida
Developing multimodal educational objectives
Rebecca Helminen Middlebrook, U Central Florida

Game theory and mixed reality learning environments
Gary Ancheta, University of Central Florida

Mixed reality: Examining usability in 3D
Jane Moody, University of Central Florida

It's a synch: Representing sound in mixed reality
Karla Saari Kitalong, University of Central Florida


12:30-2:00
Lunch & networking groups
Lunch & networking groups
 
Lunch & networking groups

2:00-3:30 Research Network  Resarch Network: Adams Research Network: Adams Research Network: Adams
2:00-3:30
Research Stream
Electronic Genres & Healthcare
Chair: Sam Dragga, Texas Tech University
Button pushing behavior: Electronic patient charts
Susan Popham, University of Memphis

Researchers as Brokers in Health Care Settings
Catherine Schryer, University of Waterloo

Assessing the visual analog scale used by nurses
Daphne Ervin, Texas Tech University

Electronic patient records and a healthcare problem
Lara Varpio, U of Waterloo, U of Toronto


2:00-3:30
Teaching Stream
Internal / international communication
Chair: Marj Rush Hovde
Sponsored communication in curricula
Michael Moore, Michigan Technological Univerity

Resume writing in Russia and newly independent states
David Alan Sapp, Fairfield University
Betsy Bowen, Fairfield University
Nelly Sargsyan, Yerevan State Linguistic U Armenia

Analyzing jobs, assessing programs with Wordsmith
Glenn Broadhead, Illinois Institute of Technology

Globalizing the Online curriculum
Kirk St Amant, Texas Tech University
2:00-3:30
Design Stream
Information products
Chair:
Audience perceptions of readability
Jo Mackiewicz, Ginnifer Mastarone, Il Inst of Tech

Grant proposals for environmental advocacy
Karen Griggs, Indiana U-Purdue U Fort Wayne

Wild liebacks, daisy chains, Gri Gris, and run outs
Teena Carnegie, Eastern Washington University

Exploring textually mediated spaces
Stuart MacMillan, Concordia University
2:00-3:30
Technical Stream (for non techies)
Distributed work & teaching
Chair:
Distributed work: Some theoretical grounding
Clay Spinuzzi, University of Texas at Austin

Visualizing TC as distributed work
William Hart-Davidson, Michigan State University

Open questions for the open source classroom
James Brown, University of Texas at Austin

Distributing learning: TC throughout the curriculum
Barbara Shwom, Northwestern University

3:30-4:00 Posters!  Monroe
Posters!  Monroe
Posters!   Monroe
Posters!  Monroe
4:00-5:30
Research Stream
Risk and crisis communication
Chair: Peter Bird, Clarkson University
AM/FM radio and internet during weather emergencies
Catherine Smith, Eastern Carolina University

Crisis rhetoric on a corporate website
Nadezhda Shalamova, New Mexico State University

Fermilab neutrino project & its publics
Maria Cochran, Iowa State University
4:00-5:30
Teaching Stream
New instructional technologies 2
Chair: Angela Eaton, Texas Tech University
Good and usable for all? Usability of an Online tutorial
Sergey Rybas, Bowling Green State University

New faculty & Course management software
Julie Staggers, University Nevada Las Vegas
Meredith Zoetewey, Rose-Hulman
Michael Pennell, University of Rhode Island

Interrogating the "E" - Electronic portfolios
Marie Paretti, Virginia Technological University
4:00-5:30
Design Stream
Building community
Chair:
A "community" management system? Online/F2F
Steve Benninghoff, Eastern Michigan University

Exploing social presence in hybrid learning
Aimee Whiteside, University of Minnesota

Hybrid learning environments
Jeffrey Steichmann, Michigan State University

Open source, outreach, and ownership
Roberto Reyes, Michigan State University
4:00-5:30
Technology Stream (for non techies)
Content management systems (CMS)

Chair: Charlie Lowe, Purdue University

Workflows in agency CMS
Lee Honeycutt, Iowa State University

Feature analysis in agency CMS
Geoff Sauer, Iowa State University

Stylistic & structural changes in agency CMS
Rebecca Burnett, Iowa State University
5:30-6:00 Business Meeting
Business meeting - Monroe
Business meeting - Monroe
Business meeting - Monroe
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