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All portfolios with the keyword "writing"

Titlesort descending Author Discipline Keyword(s)
Backwards Design for Long-Term Outcomes—Marta Caminero-Santangelo (2016) Caminero-Santangelo English backwards design, course goals, learning outcomes, poster, scaffolding, student feedback, writing
Encouraging Students’ Analytical Abilities in a Large Literature Survey—Misty Schieberle (2012) Schieberle English assignment design, labs, undergraduate students, universal design, writing, writing assignments
Expanding Understanding of Musical Forms Through Scholarly Writing — Author B Osborn Music Theory student feedback, writing, writing assignments
Finding Comfort in Uncertainty via Low-Stakes Close Reading Practices in Global Environmental Literature—Phillip Drake (2019) Drake English analytical writing, assignment design, critical reading, group work, student presentations, undergraduate students, writing, writing assignments
Improving Daily Writing Assignments, Encouraging Study Groups, and Clarifying the Structure of Daily Class Discussions — Shawn Tucker, Elon University (2017) Tucker Humanities active learning, course design, interdisciplinary course, student engagement, writing
Incorporating Writing into an Engineering Course—Rémy Lequesne (2014) Lequesne Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering analytical writing, graduate students, scaffolding, writing, writing assignments
Making Deliberate Choices: Revising a Literature Course with SoTL in Mind—Stacey L. Kikendall, Park University (2017) Kikendall English active learning, rubrics, student development, writing, writing assignments
Portfolio Assessment: An Alternative to Traditional Performance Evaluation Methods in the Area Studies Programs—Mariya Omelicheva (2012) Omelicheva Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies assessment, assignment design, department analysis, graduate students, portfolio assessment, rubrics, student portfolios, writing
Re-envisioning Teaching Graduate Seminars—Anton Rosenthal (2005) Rosenthal History course design, graduate students, small course sections, writing, writing assignments
Revising Relief (Printmaking)—Michael Krueger (2016) Krueger Visual Arts active learning, course goals, poster, rubrics, service learning, writing
Using Student Writing to Assess Learning Across the Major—Department of Spanish and Portuguese (2011) Spanish & Portuguese assessment, curriculum assessments, department analysis, undergraduate students, writing

News & Notes

Spring 2021: Revolutionizing Academia: Engaging Anti-Racism and Restructuring Curricular Practices Workshop now has openings in a new Wednesday series.

Please contact Judy Eddy at jeddy@ku.edu if you'd like to register. 

  • Wednesday, 2/17/21 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm: Deconstructing Racism and Colonialism in the Classroom
  • Wednesday, 3/10/21 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm: Engaging Anti-Racism and Resisting Colonial Curricular Practices
  • Wednesday, 4/14/21 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm: Disrupting Systems in Academia 

Friday workshops are now full. Please contact Judy Eddy at jeddy@ku.edu if you'd like to be put on a waitlist. 

  • Friday, 2/12/21 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm: Deconstructing Racism and Colonialism in the Classroom
  • Friday, 3/05/21 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm: Engaging Anti-Racism and Resisting Colonial Curricular Practices
  • Friday, 4/02/21 @ 2:00pm-3:30pm: Disrupting Systems in Academia 

Spring 2021: Join our CTE Learning Community: Teaching at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) on Zoom

  • Thursday, 2/11/21 @ 11:00am-11:55am: The Importance of Language:  What Instructors Want to Be Called
  • Monday, 2/22/21 @ 2:00pm-2:55pm: Band-aids v. Sustainable Change on Campus
  • Thursday, 3/11/21 @ 11:00am-11:55am: Getting Caught Off Guard and Confronting Students’ “-isms”
  • Monday, 3/22/21 @ 2:00pm-2:55pm: Topic to be decided by learning community
  • Thursday, 4/8/21 @ 11:00am-11:55am: Topic to be decided by learning community
  • Monday, 4/19/21 @ 2:00pm-2:55pm: Topic to be decided by learning community
 

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