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This month's theme: early work on annotation for learning

Key papers

1. Wolfe, J.L. and Neuwirth, C.M., 2001. From the margins to the center: The future of annotation. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 15(3), pp.333-371.  

Why important?

• outlines a basic list of functions for annotations, which are:

1. to facilitate reading and later writing tasks by making self-directed annotations
2. to eavesdrop on the insights of other readers
3. to provide feedback to writers or promote communication with collaborators
4. to call attention to topics and important passages