(Book Review) Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone by Thomas J. Tobin and Kirsten T. Behling
With the recent move to online learning, Tobin and Behling’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) book is timely advice and evidence-based strategies on how we can all adopt a “plus-one” teaching approach so all students can find success in our courses. To contradict the inaccessible and unmotivating “filing-cabinet approach—just storing materials, handouts, lecture notes and the dreaded narrated PowerPoint slides” (p. 84)—often used…
(Book Review) Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto by Kevin Gannon
In his trademark authentic style, Kevin Gannon’s Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto is half treatise and half pedagogical guide. The early chapters slowly build up to a crescendo in Chapter 8 titled “Pedagogy is Not a Weapon,” and throughout the text, Gannon urges us to do away with the performativity so prevalent in academia, encouraging us to…
A message from Dr. Jim Spain, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and e-Learning
Writing Intensive Certificate
The Campus Writing Program and the Campus Writing Board are pleased to announce that the Writing Intensive Certificate is now available to students beginning Fall 2020 semester.
The Campus Writing Program awarded Cydni Robertson, Graduate Teaching Assistant in Textile and Apparel Management, the Writing Intensive Excellence Award for the 2019-2020 academic year.
The Campus Writing Program awarded Robin Rotman, Assistant Professor in the School of Natural Resources, the Win Horner Award for Innovative Writing Intensive Teaching for the 2019-2020 academic year.
The Campus Writing Program awarded Dr. Laurie Kingsley, Teaching Professor in the College of Education, the Win Horner Award for Innovative Writing Intensive Teaching for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Resources for moving your WI class online
In light of the Chancellor’s message requiring all MU classes to be held online for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, we wanted to reach out to offer you support as you work to move your Writing Intensive classes online. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Christy Goldsmith (GoldsmithC@missouri.edu) for help in setting…
National Day on Writing 2019
The National Day on Writing (NDOW) was established by the National Council of Teachers of English nine years ago to celebrate writing and literacy. Follow the national conversation on the #WhyIWrite hashtag. Join us for a fun day to celebrate writing at Mizzou! FREE activities include Writing Marathons, Pizza for a Poem, Language Origins Game,…
Writing Intensive Guidelines Have Changed
In the 2018-2019 academic year, the Campus Writing Board worked to update the Writing Intensive (WI) course guidelines. As part of their revision process, the Board made two policy changes that have been endorsed by the Committee on Undergraduate Education and the undergraduate deans. These two policy changes are included below. ❏ Assessment: Writing accounts for at…