Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Plagiarism is a topic that many educators understand well as it is often explained and defined in institutions and universities’ plagiarism polices. At […]
Molly Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor The first part of this two-part entry explored the possible identities online students construct when engaging in synchronous tutoring that only uses text […]
Dr. Tamara Fudge Professor, School of Business and Information Technology, Kaplan University There are some nice benefits to allowing students to pick their own topics for papers. First, there tends […]
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Accountability is a wonderful word that is used quite a bit in higher education. In recent weeks, I wrestled with the idea of accountability within […]
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Providing effective feedback on students’ writing can be challenging, especially when we consider what we want students to be able to do based […]
Molly Wright Starkweather, Writing Center Tutor, Kaplan University This blog entry is the first of a two-entry discussion around anonymity as a productive starting point for online students wishing to […]
Dr. Tamara Fudge, School of Business and IT Faculty, Kaplan University Of course I want to encourage my students, but simply slapping a perfect 100% on all assignments each week […]
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. […]
Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor Recently on a social media group limited to online faculty members of various institutions, I read a post from a professor who had caught […]
Teresa Kelly, Composition Faculty, Kaplan University Due to the essential nature of writing skills for student success and retention, Composition faculty spend significant time motivating struggling student writers to improve […]
