Abstract
Many people have been experimenting successfully with computer-based discussion programs in their English classes. This article describes one way of conducting computer assisted class discussion (CACD) that worked well for me. I used ENFI in three sections of our university's introductory course in literary analysis, which is the second of a two-semester course in Freshman Composition. I also, to a lesser extent, used CACD in two Shakespeare classes.1 Class size averaged 18 students. The program that I used on our computer network is a multifaceted one, called Daedalus, which has modules dedicated to such things as peer response, invention, and creating bibliographies. But the module devoted to synchronous discussion seemed to generate the most useful results and is, consequently, the focus of the present article. This module, called "Interchange," is a program that, like web-based "chat" programs, allows a number of individuals to send written communication to a communal space, or "board," where those messages are posted in the order that they were sent.
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