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Teaching Students to Learn

Nicole A. Bertke, MS, Purdue University Global CTL Faculty Developer The intent of higher education is no doubt for students to learn. Yet in an informal poll during a recent […]

Cybersecurity for the Non-Technical Person

Dr. Lynne Williams, Purdue University Global Faculty, MSIT and MSCM Programs Target, Home Depot, even the U.S. Internal Revenue service have all suffered high-profile security breaches in recent years.   They’re […]

Summer Reading Review: The White Queen

Angela Roberts, Purdue University Global Writing Center Tutor   The White Queen is a historical fiction novel by Philippa Gregory. It provides a fascinating account of the life of Elizabeth […]

Creative Limits: Placing Barriers on Topic Selection

Eric Holmes, Purdue University Global Composition Instructor   Scott Adams (2004) once stated that, “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes,” (p. 232) and our classrooms are places for students […]

Weighing the Books

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center My home office-by-day/studio-at-heart is one of my favorite places for many reasons, and about 200 of them are books. Some have […]

Tools for Preventing Plagiarism

By Amy Sexton, Purdue University Global Center Tutor One way that the Writing Center supports university students is by presenting live workshops each month on the important topic of plagiarism, […]

Why What We’re Teaching and What They’re Learning Matters in the Long-Term

Jan Stallard, Purdue University Global Composition Professor   When students ask “When will I ever use this again?” I always have an answer. When I began graduate school, my mentor […]

SOAR Symposium: The Value of Research and Presentation

Dr. Tamara Fudge, Purdue University Global in the School of Business and Information Technology   Purdue University Global’s second Student Online Annual Research Symposium (SOAR Symposium) is slated for this […]

Determining Audience in the Social Media Age

  Lisa Gerardy, Purdue University Global Writing Center Specialist One of the most important parts of a piece of writing is the audience. When a student takes a writing class, […]

Resource Spotlight: 3 NEW Effective Writing Podcasts

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center, Tutor Until this week, Purdue University Global (Purdue Global) Composition students have had exclusive access to three new Effective Writing Podcasts from […]