Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 2:00-2:45 PM ET
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida
Duane Roen, Professor of English, Arizona State University
Learning portfolios offer win/win/win benefits for learners, instructors, and programs. Learners reflect on the knowledge and skills that they develop in our courses, which increases the transferability of that learning. We instructors gain a stronger understanding of what students have learned and how they can apply it. Writing programs can more effectively respond to administrators and accrediting agencies who ask, “How do you assess learning in your program?”
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Noon-12:45 PM ET
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida
Duane Roen, Professor of English, Arizona State University
Digital tools are essential in online courses—we can’t teach without them. However, many of those tools can also enhance the learning experience for students in face-to-face classes, and they are tools that students can use throughout their lives. In this workshop we will discuss some of those tools that instructors have found most useful.
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 2:00-2:45 PM ET
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida
Duane Roen, Professor of English, Arizona State University
Our students certainly need to learn how to write effectively in their college courses. For many students, though, the academic experience will occupy a tiny percentage of their lives. However, they will continue writing in the other three realms of life (professional, civic, and personal) for many decades. Because First-Year Composition may be the last writing course they take, we can give them opportunities to practice applying rhetorical skills in the kinds of writing that they do outside of school. Doing so helps them better appreciate the relevance of learning to writing.
Friday, November 4, 2022, 11:00-11:45 AM ET
Sarah Fish, Professor of English, Collin College - North Texas
This session offers ideas for bringing career writing into academic writing situations in First-Year Writing based on a professor’s experiences with this work and her students’ suggestions for those interested in this teaching approach. The student advice shared comes from spending a semester learning about writing in their respective fields and the writing they would be doing in their majors.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 10:00-10:45 AM ET
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida
Duane Roen, Professor of English, Arizona State University
Digital tools are essential in online courses—we can’t teach without them. However, many of those tools can also enhance the learning experience for students in face-to-face classes, and they are tools that students can use throughout their lives. In this workshop, we will discuss some of those tools that instructors have found most useful.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 1:00-1:45 PM ET
Michele Poulos, Dean and Online Program Director, ECPI University
Active learning is an instructional approach that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they are doing. Active learning engages students in activities beyond reading, listening, or watching to deepen their learning and connection with the material. In this session, we will discuss the benefits of active learning and review four active learning strategies to engage students.
Thursday, November 10, 2022, 2:00-2:45 PM ET
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida
Duane Roen, Professor of English, Arizona State University
Learning portfolios offer win/win/win benefits for learners, instructors, and programs. Learners reflect on the knowledge and skills that they develop in our courses, which increases the transferability of that learning. We instructors gain a stronger understanding of what students have learned and how they can apply it. Writing programs can more effectively respond to administrators and accrediting agencies who ask, “How do you assess learning in your program?”
Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 2:00-2:45 PM ET
Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Chair and Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida
Duane Roen, Professor of English, Arizona State University
Peer response can benefit both those who receive the feedback and those who offer it, but it needs to be purposeful and guided. Effective peer response helps writers understand how well they are achieving their rhetorical goals as they strive to meet the needs of readers. In this workshop, we will discuss some models and strategies that enhance peer response.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 9:00-9:45 AM ET
Michele Poulos, Dean and Online Program Director, ECPI University
Self-regulated learning is an active, constructive process and one that requires support, scaffolding, and explicit teaching. Learners who are taught self-regulatory skills and who are encouraged to evaluate their work through reflection and set learning goals can develop individual strategies that will prove to be successful in furthering their learning. In this session, we will cover the importance of developing self-regulated learners as well as strategies to do so.
Thursday, November 17, 2022, 2:00-2:45 PM ET
Karin Russell, English Instructor, Keiser University
While composition courses have traditionally aimed to prepare students for writing essays in college, they also need to help prepare students for writing in their careers. Showing students how they can utilize various writing strategies/modes in their careers helps to engage them more fully in the learning and writing processes. Additionally, providing students with the tools to analyze the rhetorical situation to include workplace writing will help them to experience greater success in college, in their personal lives, and in their chosen career fields.
*Please note you are welcome to attend multiple topic sessions, but there will only be one honorarium per individual (regardless of how many sessions you attend).
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