Center for Writing Excellence
2008 Faculty Seminars
The Center for Writing Excellence typically offers workshops on teaching writing in the disciplines, responding to student writing and grading, and meeting the needs of second language writers. Registration information is below. Seating is limited so please register early.
Register Here: For more information please email to wac@ohio.edu or call (740) 597-1869. When you sign up, please indicate which workshop you wish to attend. Remember that seating is limited to ten/fifteen participants.
Blogs, Wikis, and Meeting Students
Where They Write
Friday, February 1 | Led by Paul Shovlin and Sherrie Gradin
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons | Refreshments
Our special emphasis in this seminar will be on using blogs and wikis as a means of meeting students in the media they like to write in. We will discuss ways of incorporating informal and writing-to-learn activities into courses of all sizes as a means of enhancing student learning and providing valuable feedback to faculty. We will also discuss how blogs and wikis might be used for a range of formal writing, as well. Faculty will learn how to create and manage their own blogs and wikis for classroom use and see examples of the ways these tools can enhance students' learning.
To register, email wac@ohio.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by January 25.
Teaching Writing in the Disciplines
Friday, February 22, 2008 | Led by Dr. Sherrie Gradin
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons | Refreshments
This seminar will address writing for both major-area students, who need to learn the conventions and styles of the discipline, as well as for student writers in courses from a variety of fields. Teaching Writing in the Disciplines provides faculty with information and support for working with their students’ writing. We will discuss what we expect from our students, how we might write better assignments to encourage those expectations, and strategies other instructors use to teach writing in various disciplines.
To register, email wac@ohio.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by February 15.
Turning Science Students into Science Writers
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 | Led by Dr. Sarah Wyatt and Dr. Sherrie Gradin
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons | Refreshments
This seminar focuses on strategies to help students better understand and implement scientific writing conventions. The conversation will include ideas for integrating aspects of science writing into daily assignments, class discussions, and exam questions. Strategies for perfecting formal science writing assignments such as lab reports and literature reviews (“research papers”) will also be discussed.
To register, email wac@ohio.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by April 15.
Teaching Writing in the Disciplines
Friday, May 9, 2008 | Led by Dr. Sherrie Gradin
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons | Refreshments
This seminar will address writing for both major-area students, who need to learn the conventions and styles of the discipline, as well as for student writers in courses from a variety of fields. Teaching Writing in the Disciplines provides faculty with information and support for working with their students’ writing. We will discuss what we expect from our students, how we might write better assignments to encourage those expectations, and strategies other instructors use to teach writing in various disciplines.
To register, email wac@ohio.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by May 2.
Negotiating Plagiarism: Definitions and Responses
Monday, May 12, 2008 | Led by Dr. Sherrie Gradin
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 301U Faculty Commons | Refreshments
Plagiarism is a problem for all institutions of higher learning. Horror stories of cheating—buying papers, handing in a roommate’s paper, cutting and pasting from the internet, lifting material from other texts without citation or quotation—abound. As we struggle with our own responses of anger, frustration, and even betrayal, we ask why and how plagiarism got to be so rampant and what we can do to restore academic integrity to our campuses. In this seminar, our discussion will be grounded in research on plagiarism and the scholarship of textual borrowing. We will examine definitions of plagiarism, a range of appropriate responses, and then discuss actions we can take as teachers and mentors to create learning environments where student plagiarism is less likely to occur.
To register, email wac@ohio.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by May 5.
Blogs, Wikis, and Meeting Students
Where They Write
Friday, May 16, 2008 | Led by Paul Shovlin and
Dr. Sherrie Gradin | 10 AM-2 PM | 301U Faculty Commons
Back by popular demand, this seminar repeats our February 1 Blogs, Wikis, and Meeting Students Where They Write offering. Our special emphasis in this seminar will be on using blogs and wikis as a means of writing and writing to learn. Faculty will exchange their views regarding these technologies and how we might use them in the classroom. Since we will have a mix of skill levels, we will cover the basics for those less experienced. We will learn how to create and manage our own blogs and wikis for course use and see examples of the ways these tools can enhance students' learning.
To register, email wac@ohio.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by May 9.
