To interested faculty and graduate students,
 
I have been chatting with Kimo about creating an instructional communication research group to meet from time to time to share our interests and needs, develop new research topics, create collaborations, share literature reviews and copies of articles among us, to name just few of its possible functions.

A collaboration provides a way for us to make use of our "distributed intelligence," helping all of us have a broader understanding of the relevant research, write better drafts, develop well-formed convention panels, find appropriate journals and conventions, and create a community of scholars that can facilitate growth in theory and practice of teaching.  Our collaborations need not be limited to research, but can be used as a place for deeper cognitive coaching resulting in broader teaching repertoire, increased confidence in our teaching, and a way of controlling change and documenting it.

We will meet at Mark Stoner's  house from  6- 9pm   June13, 2007 (Wed).  3007 Sandhurst Ct. Sacramento, CA 95821.
 
If you cannot come when the final date is established, but you wish to be involved, let me know and we'll keep you on the mailing list, etc.--we don't want anyone to get lost by virtue of a jammed calendar!

Note Below, I've linked three essays that survey the research to date.  To read in historical order, first read Stanton-Spicer and Wulff, then Sprague, then Nussbaum and Friedrich.  [NO QUIZZES WILL BE GIVEN--YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE READ THESE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE! :) ]

Cheers!
Mark (stoner1@csus.edu) (488-6556, H)
Stanton-Spicer and Wulff
Sprague
Nussbaum and Friedrich

I have constructed a wiki space for us.  To join, follow these directions:
Go to: https://www.wikispaces.com/
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Once you are signed in, go to: https://instructional-communication.wikispaces.com/
Click request membership button.  It will send a message to me and I'll make you a member.  It may take a day or two depending on when
I'm at my computer, but it shouldn't take long (except in July!).