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Intercollegiate E-Democracy Project A Grassroots Teaching and Learning Collaborative |
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Intercollegiate E-Democracy Project A Grassroots Teaching and Learning Collaborative |
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[Renovations in Progress -- Please watch your head!] |
The IEDP is a non-partisan project linking faculty and students interested in public writing, political speech and debate, community and service learning, and the civic traditions of rhetoric. Since 1996 we have been creating multi-class electronic networks that enable students across the country to discuss and write about public issues, study the media and politics, work on collaborative projects, and meet face-to-face at end-of-term regional conferences or via video technology. For students, the project provides an opportunity to use electronic tools and rhetorical analysis to study the discourse of democracy and to participate interactively in public discussion and debate. For faculty, the project offers a special email discussion list, a collaborative network of support, and resources for innovative approaches to teaching and research. Our institutions, types of courses, and classroom activities vary widely, but we share an interest in trying to work out answers to questions such as the following: What is the relationship between language and public life? What should be the role of writing and rhetoric in an electronic democracy? How can we shape public spaces online that will nourish civic culture? How can we best educate ourselves for active citizenship in the 21st century? New faculty are invited to join the email discussion list at any time. For subscription instructions, send an email to Beverly Wall at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA: beverly.wall@trincoll.edu International participants are welcome! We are interested in democratic literacies across the globe. For more information, you are also welcome to contact:
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