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The Online Writing Lab (OWL) has been a popular
pedagogical complement to writing labs in university
academic environments since the mid-1980s. There is,
however, a great deal of similarity among the generic
functions of these OWLs. This paper presents a brief
summary of the historical background of OWLs, and it
offers a description of several different perspectives on a
new subspecies of OWL – the TechOWL, which can be
designed and implemented specifically for students and
practitioners of technical communication. This blueprint
for a TechOWL offers several suggestions and guidelines for identifying user communities for TechOWLs, for conducting a thorough needs assessment, for designing specific technical communication features, and for building, maintaining, and evaluating TechOWLs.
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The TechOWL: A Resource for Technical Communication Students
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/2002/PDFs/STC49-00075.pdf
Shirk, Henrietta Nickels
STC Proceedings
2002
Abstract: The Online Writing Lab (OWL) has been a popular
pedagogical complement to writing labs in university
academic environments since the mid-1980s. There is,
however, a great deal of similarity among the generic
functions of these OWLs. This paper presents a brief
summary of the historical background of OWLs, and it
offers a description of several different perspectives on a
new subspecies of OWL – the TechOWL, which can be
designed and implemented specifically for students and
practitioners of technical communication. This blueprint
for a TechOWL offers several suggestions and guidelines for identifying user communities for TechOWLs, for conducting a thorough needs assessment, for designing specific technical communication features, and for building, maintaining, and evaluating TechOWLs.
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