Publications ← Back to Portfolio O’Byrne, W. I. (2013). Online Content Construction: Empowering Students as Readers and Writers of Online Information. In K. Pytash, & R. Ferdig (Eds.) Exploring Technology on Writing and Writing Instruction (pp. 276-297). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4341-3.ch016 McVerry, J. G., O’Byrne, W. I., Ringler-Pet, S. (2013). Multimodal Response and Writing as Poetry Experience. In K. Pytash & R. Ferdig (Eds). Exploring Multimodal Composition and Digital Writing (pp. 201-225). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4345-1.ch013 O’Byrne, W. I. (2012). Facilitating Critical Evaluation Skills through Content Creation: Empowering Adolescents as Readers and Writers of Online Information. Unpublished dissertation: University of Connecticut. Henry, L. A., Castek, J., O’Byrne, W. I., & Zawilinski, L. (2012). Using Peer Collaboration to Support Online Reading, Writing, and Communication: An Empowerment Model for Struggling Readers. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 28: 279-306. Leu, D. J., McVerry, J. G., O’Byrne, W. I., Kiili, C., Zawilinski, L., Everett-Cacopardo, H., Kennedy, C. and Forzani, E. (2011), The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension: Expanding the Literacy and Learning Curriculum. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 55: 5–14. doi: 10.1598/JAAL.55.1.1 Leu, D. J., McVerry, J. G., O’Byrne, W. I., Zawilinski, L., Castek, J., & Hartman, D. K. (2009). The new literacies of online reading comprehension and the irony of no child left behind: Students who require our assistance the most, actually receive it the least. In L. Mandel Morrow, R. Rueda, & D. Lapp (Eds). Handbook of research on literacy instruction: Issues of diversity, policy, and equity (pp. 173-194). New York, NY: Guilford Press. Leu, D. J., O’Byrne, W. I., Zawilinski, L. McVerry, J. G., & Everett-Cacopardo, H. (2009). Expanding the New Literacies Conversation. Educational Researcher, 38(4), 264-269. Mokhtari, K., Kymes, A. and Edwards, P. (2008), Assessing the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension: An Informative Interview With W. Ian O’Byrne, Lisa Zawilinski, J. Greg McVerry, and Donald J. Leu at the University of Connecticut. The Reading Teacher, 62: 354–357. doi: 10.1598/RT.62.4.9 Image CC by opensourceway