Introduction to MOO: Texts

           
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Here are some texts teachers and scholars have written about MOOs and education. Most of these address MOOs in Writing and Literature classes, but much of what is said could be applied to other disciplinary areas as well.

Barber, John and Grigar, Dene, eds. New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing about and in Electronic Environments. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2001.

Day, Michael. "Fear and Loathing in Paradise: Dissensus, Discontent, and
Discouragement on the MOO." Kairos 2.1. 1996.
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/coverweb/dis.html

English, Joel. "MOO-based Metacognition." Kairos 3.1. Fall 1996.
http://www.bsu.edu/classes/english/k3.1/moo.html

Fanderclai, Tari. MUDs in Education: New Environments, New Pedagogies. Computer Mediated Communication. 1 January 1995.
http://metalab.unc.edu/cmc/mag/1995/jan/fanderclai.html

_____. "Like Magic, Only Real." Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace. Ed. Lynn Cherny and Elizabeth Reba Weise. Seal Press, 1996.
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~tari/magic.html


Harris, Leslie. "Using MOOs to Teach Composition and Literature."
Kairos 2.1. Summer 1996.
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/coverweb/Harris/contents.htm

Holmevik, Jan Rune and Haynes, Cynthia. MOOniversity. Boston:
Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

_____, eds. High Wired: On the Design, Use, and Theory of Educational
MOOs. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998.

Johnson, Cynthia. "A Few Cool Ways You Too Can Use MOOs." Kairos 7.2. Summer 2002. http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.2/binder.html?sectiontwo/johnson/main.htm

Lasarenko, Jane. "So You Wanna MOO." Kairos 2.1. Summer 1996. http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/coverweb/Lasarenko/MOO1.htm

McKinzie, Matthew. "Using the MOO as an Avenue of Critical Thought."
Kairos 1.3. Fall 1996. http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.3/binder2.html?coverweb/McKinzie/MOOthought.html

Menges, Joyce. "Feeling Between the Lines." Oct. 1996. CMC http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1996/oct/menges.html

Oren, Avigail. "MOOing is More than Writing." Kairos 2.1. Summer 1996.
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/coverweb/avigail.html


Please visit the Connections MOO homepage for more detailed explanations and tutorials.

 

Susan E. Antlitz
January 2002
http://seantlitz.com/moo/texts.html