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@article{citeulike:4090898, abstract = {The traditional modes of knowledge production and circulation in academia are (slowly but surely) shifting from the hierarchical, top-down systems of print to the distributed, bottom-up systems of the Web. It is in the context of these shifts and the rapid development of Web 2.0 tools and methods that we argue for a concomitant shift in the predominant practices of graduate education in rhetoric—particularly for students of digital rhetoric. In this article, we describe the development of a research network that combines the power of digital networking with the collaborative facilitation offered by communities of practice and consider how research networks can be grown and sustained as part of the graduate education of technorhetoricians.}, author = {Eyman, Douglas and Sheffield, Stephanie and Devoss, D\`{a}nielle N.}, citeulike-article-id = {4090898}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2008.11.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S8755461508000728}, doi = {10.1016/j.compcom.2008.11.001}, issn = {87554615}, journal = {Computers and Composition}, keywords = {communities\_of\_practice, networks}, number = {1}, pages = {49--57}, posted-at = {2009-02-24 01:48:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Developing Sustainable Research Networks in Graduate Education}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2008.11.001}, volume = {26}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4090898 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4090898 N2 - The traditional modes of knowledge production and circulation in academia are (slowly but surely) shifting from the hierarchical, top-down systems of print to the distributed, bottom-up systems of the Web. It is in the context of these shifts and the rapid development of Web 2.0 tools and methods that we argue for a concomitant shift in the predominant practices of graduate education in rhetoric—particularly for students of digital rhetoric. In this article, we describe the development of a research network that combines the power of digital networking with the collaborative facilitation offered by communities of practice and consider how research networks can be grown and sustained as part of the graduate education of technorhetoricians. IS - 1 JF - Computers and Composition SN - 87554615 EP - 57 TI - Developing Sustainable Research Networks in Graduate Education VL - 26 SP - 49 KW - communities_of_practice KW - networks AU - Eyman, Douglas AU - Sheffield, Stephanie AU - Devoss, Dànielle PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2008.11.001 ER -