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ERIC Number: EJ1433551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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ISSN: ISSN-1522-7502
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Nurturing Distributed Expertise with Social Media in First Year Composition Pedagogy
Jacob D. Richter
Composition Forum, v53 2024
This article offers composition theorists and practitioners insight into how social media pedagogies can help support the development of distributed expertise in writing classrooms. Reporting on the findings of an IRB-approved qualitative case study, this article showcases how students learning from and alongside one another in a Slack social media learning environment can enact distributed expertise within the classroom. After reviewing the study's findings and contributions, the article offers some "best practices" for supporting distributed expertise with social media pedagogies in composition courses. It closes by considering social justice implications for social media pedagogies, distributed expertise, and composition pedagogy.
Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition. e-mail: cf@compositionforum.com; Web site: http://compositionforum.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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