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Document ActionsCurrent Collaborative Research ProjectsUp one levelCollaborative research projects currently underway by students and faculty in the English Department. The Antislavery Literature ProjectThe goal of the Antislavery Literature Project is to increase public access to a body of literature crucial to understanding African American experience, US and hemispheric histories of slavery, and early human rights philosophies. (Geoffrey Sauer et al., 2001-) ABE Student Portfolio AssessmentA student porfolio assessment tool developed for the Iowa State Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering program. [username: 'guest', password: 'guest'] (Anthony Ellertson, 2003-04) EServerA research project into electronic publishing which investigates methods of sustainable publishing practices, with over 280 members publishing over 34,000 works in the arts and humanities to more than 1.25 readers per month. (Geoffrey Sauer et al, 1990-) i-WRITEinternet Writing Resource for the Innovative Teaching of English. (Volker Hegelheimer, 2003-) ISUCommISUComm is an approach to university communication instruction that is contemporary in its attention to new information technology and comprehensive in addressing the many forms of communication practice. (Don Payne, Quinn Warnick, et al., 2003- ) Iowa DOT Electronic Reference LibraryA funded research project for the Iowa Department of Transportation to develop a standards-compliant content management system for engineering specifications documentation. (Geoffrey Sauer, Rebecca E. Burnett, Lee Honeycutt, 2004-) MIAPThis site contains units that faculty may find beneficial for incorporating into ESL classes. The units contain vocabulary building exercises and skill-building sections that primarily develop listening; however, reading and writing are addressed as well. (Volker Hegelheimer, 2003-) Quintilian's Institutes of OratoryAn XHTML version of Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory, derived from the 1856 translation of the Rev. John Selby Watson. (Lee Honeycutt, 2003-) Omega MolecularA Flash/ColdFusion-based online case study to promote active learning, through self-directed learning and problem-solving, collaboration and writing. [username: 'guest', password: 'guest'] (Dave Fisher et al, 2003-) Project Yao (覞工程)A free, publicly accessible permanent database of pre-1920 American literature translations into Chinese. A cooperative bi-national public scholarship project from Arizona State University, Iowa State University, and Sichuan University. Studio for New MediaThe Studio for New Media researches both theory and production of new media, such as the Web, CDs, DVD/Blu-Ray, streaming multimedia, web applications and social media. Technical Communication (and Technical Writing) LibraryA project to develop a modern database-driven XML-based digital catalogue, which encourages research studies into taxonomy, information design, experience design and web usability. (Geoffrey Sauer, Rebecca E. Burnett et al, 2001-) Visual Rhetoric Interest GroupThis is a space for discussion, grant/proposal development, collaborative writing and readings of interest to the visual rhetoric interest group. |