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Reinterpreting the ‘Self’ in Online Higher Education

Kyle Harley,  KUWC Tutor As online educators, we all reshape our identified ‘self’ when transitioning from on-site teaching to an online medium. In my role as tutor, this transition was […]

The Who of the Writing Center

Melody Pickle, Ph.D.  Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University I have been thinking this week about the work we do in the Kaplan University Writing Center.  I suppose in many ways […]

Providing Feedback on Faith-Based Claims in Persuasive Essays

By Chrissine Rios, Full-Time Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center When providing feedback on student writing, nothing challenges me more than addressing Bible-backed support for claims in a persuasive essay. […]

Diversity in the Online Classroom

by Rathi Krishnan, Full-time faculty, Department of Composition, School of General Education, Kaplan University I presented at the IJAS   — International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference on  May, 28th., 2013, which […]

Observing Ourselves as Writers . . . Inspiration from Joyce Carol Oates

By Joni Boone I recently viewed this brief and lovely video profile of author Joyce Carol Oates that I encourage you to watch: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/06/video-joyce-carol-oates.html What intrigues me most about Oates’ […]

Jerry Seinfeld & His Writing Process (Video)

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University In this entertaining, yet serious, video interview, Jerry Seinfeld reveals his writing process for writing jokes and his  show. Let’s talk about […]

Addicting Students to Prewriting

By Galia Fussell and Fran Gregg Surprisingly, many students do not connect thinking with writing, so prewriting is not part of their repertoire.  Instead, a number of students announce that […]

KUWC July 15 – 19 Workshops

Kaplan University Writing Center Workshops are alive and well this summer.  Don’t forget to join us.  Live workshops are open to all Kaplan students and faculty.  To find the links […]

Why (and How) does Gamification Work?

By Molly Wright Starkweather Recently, Kaplan University was featured in an article in Information Week’s Education section for its expansion of gamification in online courses across the curriculum. The two […]

Celebrating Freedom with Twitter

By Melody Pickle Did you know that the British Communication Act forbids electronic communication “for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another , , ,” When […]