The value of distance: teaching writing online

This paper attempts to shift the discussion from asking how the challenge of distance can be overcome in online writing education to examining how the distance between teachers and students, students and peers, can introduce a 'compositional voice' into the teaching and learning process. In doing so, this will help to demonstrate that online teaching in this field need not be seen as simply compensating for the lack of face-to-face classroom interaction, but as a developing pedagogy that offers its own distinct advantages