Tom's progess

Hi Gang:
First, please accept my sincere gratitude for your patience with me. I've been hospitalized twice in the past three weeks, once for heart surgery and once for my back, and I apologize for being unable to participate more fully in our coursework.
My project initially explored 17 academic journal articles whose subject is online writing tutelage. Six of the articles inadvertently came from the same academic journal, Computers and Composition, a predictable detail considering the subject matter. Three articles from 1995, the renaissance period of this technology, complement and serve as preambles to three from the 21st-century. In addition to scrutinizing the discourse of online writing tutoring, the effectiveness of language used between tutors and clients during these exchanges, I also examine the efficiency of this technology. This lack of human presence may be beneficial in some circumstances, while some elements that derail “in-person” sessions may also exist online. Finally, “the ideology of ease” is explored—is there an actual ease to online tutoring and is this minimalist approach truly desirous?