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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Shepherd, Ryan; Goggin, Peter – Composition Studies, 2012
For many writing faculty, electronic or digital literacies may not play an overtly significant role in their course designs and teaching practices, but these literacies still play a significant role in how students write. Whether or not writing teachers want to accept it, functional computer literacies are an important aspect of teaching writing.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Teachers, Functional Literacy, Literacy
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Goggin, Peter; Waggoner, Zach – Composition Studies, 2005
This essay argues for sustainability--a course of action and a mindset that meets the needs of the present while being conscious of, and not compromising the needs of, the future--as a robust focus teaching first-year composition. The essay describes a course designed to respond to calls by composition scholars to reimagine pedagogical designs for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Writing Instruction, Introductory Courses, College Instruction