Strong reading skills are foundational to success in any course, and equipping students with these skills can help them engage more fully with course material, work through difficult concepts and…
Tag: Writing Across the Curriculum
WAC Writing Intensive Certification Colloquium
Join us as this year’s Writing Intensive Certification. Program participants share reworked syllabi and assignments and speak about how Writing Across the Curriculum philosophy influenced their approach to teaching. Come be inspired by your fellow faculty, and learn about how you can participate in next year’s program….
WAC: Avoiding Plagiarism Student Workshop
Academic misconduct can be less obvious than you think. This workshop will give you practical information to ensure your writing is plagiarism-free….
WAC: Creative Classroom Workshop
Writing Pedagogy for English Language Learners
More than two-thirds of undergraduates at City Tech are not native English speakers. In this workshop, we will discuss ways that WAC philosophy can address and accommodate these students, and…
WAC WI Syllabus Basics Workshop
What is writing-intensive instruction and how does it work across the disciplines? One of the challenges in approaching this question is developing a syllabus that weaves together course content with…
WAC/WI: The Creative Classroom
Looking for innovative ways to increase student participation and improve learning outcomes? In this workshop, we share both high-tech and no-tech strategies you can implement in your classroom to reinforce…
WAC/WI: Effective Grading/Minimal Marking
WAC/WI: Avoiding Plagiarism
As instructors, we often don’t think about plagiarism until after it happens. This workshop will provide tools to help instructors discuss academic integrity in their classes, design plagiarism-resistant assignments, and…
WAC/WI: Effective Assignment Design
Developing effective reading and writing assignments helps students retain and critically think about course content. This workshop will cover a number of assignment design strategies that emphasize active learning through…