WID Winter Days Coming in January 2023
WID aims to kick off the Winter semester with a bang by bringing you three events in January 2023. Hopefully, you’ll find something in the events below that can inspire you and your students to greater heights in the new semester. January 2023 Events Learning Without Grading: An Introduction to Contract or Specifications Grading Friday,…
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New Portfolios and Department Report!
We’ve just added three new exciting documents on the site: Brian Redekopp’s Fellows Portfolio (Philosophy, Fall 2018) Ursula Misztal’s Fellows Portfolio (English, Fall 2019) Catherine Braithwaite’s report on the design of the new Global History course (Fall 2021) Dig in!
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Imagine the Butterfly: Fostering Confidence Through Feedback
Dawson, Ped Day, Fall 2020 Click here for slides from workshop
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Writing in Student-centered Alternative Education
College Writing and Authentic Student Voices: In the Words of New School Students New School at Dawson is an alternative school within the College. Founded in 1973, New School is the Quebec CEGEP system’s longest running alternative school, and we follow a critical humanistic education approach in English and Humanities courses, open to all Dawson…
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WID Fellow Melanie Beck (Mathematics) passed on this recent Edutopia article on how low-stakes writing is employed across disciplines at University Park Campus School, a high school in Worcester, MA. If you browse the text article, you’ll find a host of simple but effective ideas for in-class thinking and writing, all of which are adaptable…
Read More about Research Sightings: Low-stakes Writing is a High Impact Teaching StrategyIs Creativity Valued in Higher Ed?
According to Patrick Sullivan, co-editor of “What is College-level Writing?” (2006) and English professor at Manchester Community College (CT), the answer is “Not so much.” In his recent article “The UnEssay: Making Room for Creativity in the Composition Classroom,” Sullivan outlines recent interest in education circles in promoting creativity as a habit of mind, and…
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Evans-Tokaryk, Tyler. (2014). Academic integrity, remix culture, globalization:A Canadian case study of student and faculty perceptions of plagiarism. Across the Disciplines, 11(2). http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/articles/evans-tokaryk2014.cfm This recent article by Tyler Evans-Tokaryk in the interdisciplinary writing studies journal Across the Disciplines tackles plagiarism in college and university environments, drawing on contemporary theoretical perspectives and a case study involving…
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As the semester got underway this fall, you may have noticed an increase in the number of students in your classes who were working on tablets for reading texts, taking notes, and drafting assignments – when they weren’t sneaking a look at Instagram. I wondered aloud with both students and colleagues about the impact of…
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Five Steps to Better Student Writing?
I met Roger Graves a few years ago at a conference, and he is an entirely sensible individual. So when I happened upon a recent short piece by Roger in University Affairs, “Five strategies to improve writing in your courses,” I paid attention. As the director of a university-wide writing program at the University of…
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