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Embrace the Messiness: Libraries, Writing Centers, and Encouraging Research as Inquiry Across the Curriculum
(2020-04-22)
As educators, how do we clarify the concept of research into a manageable form so it’s communicated effectively while still creating space for the complexity inherent across different academic disciplines, different classroom ...
Diverse Approaches to Teaching, Learning, and Writing Across the Curriculum: IWAC at 25
(2020-04-22)
Developed from presentations at the 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum conference, this collection documents a key moment in the history of WAC, foregrounding connection and diversity as keys to the sustainability ...
Reflecting on the Past, Reconstructing the Future: Faculty Members’ Threshold Concepts for Teaching Writing in the Disciplines
(2020-12-08)
A growing body of scholarship in writing studies has started exploring threshold concepts for writing, providing a synoptic view of the transformations students undergo as they learn about writing. However, the field has ...
AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles, Version 1
(2020-12-08)
As outward-facing ePortfolios become more common, students, educators, administrators, and staff need guiding principles to ground their practice. Indeed, members voiced this need during the 2018 AAEEBL Annual Meeting. In ...
Introducing ePortfolios to Construction Management Undergraduate Students
(2020-05-15)
Effective communication is one of the essential skills for construction students. This paper describes an innovative model of a professional digital portfolio (ePortfolio) program in an ACCE accredited construction management ...
The Formation of a Professional Organization for Writing Across the Curriculum
(2020-04-22)
In this chapter, we describe the rationale for and development of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum (AWAC), which held its first meeting for members at the 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum ...
Repurposing scientific writing in conservation biology
(2020-05-14)
Scientists and writing studies scholars agree that students need to be able to repurpose scientific knowledge across audiences, goals, and genres. This article offers a much-needed, practical example of an assignment that ...
Authentic Professional Learning: Creating Faculty Development Experiences through an Assessment Institute
(2023-06-16)
This case study analyzes experiences of participants in an Assessment Institute (AI) for faculty development on ePortfolio. In earlier research on the AI, findings showed that focused faculty development increased instructor ...