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Logos – Pathos – Ethos – Oh My! Podcast 31

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Join Kurtis Clements for another Effective Writing Podcast- The Three Appeals of Argumentative Writing as he explains clear strategies for using Logos, Ethos, and […]

Ten Truths Tutors Keep from Students

  Students tell tutors what they would never tell their instructors: that their children do their Internet research, that they don’t speak English so are using an online translator, that […]

Self-Citation Podcasts, Policies, and Resources

Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Self-Citation – Both students and academic professionals seem to be wrestling with the question, “when should I cite myself?”  The Kaplan University Writing Center […]

Remembering as Passive Activity & Active Passivity

by Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Since moving to New York, I have seen in local store windows a sticker that says, “We Will Remember.” With each year’s Patriot Day, […]

Wikis: Why and Why Not? Can we use Wikis for Academic Research?

Ann Reich, Kaplan University, Composition Faculty On May 28, 2013, I gave a presentation entitled “Wikis: Why and Why Not?” at the 2013 Conference of the IJAS, The International Journal […]

The Grammar Hammer

  Kyle Harley, Tutor,  Kaplan University Writing Center “The Grammar Hammer,” as a former professor of mine once said, flattens out any and all possibility for exploration and exposure with […]

Outlines that Work, Sentence Essentials, and Punctuation Review

The Kaplan University Writing Center offers approximately ten live workshops each month.  These workshops are recorded and made available each month on the Writing Workshops page.  This month we discussed […]

Engaged Learning: Online Tutoring

By Molly Wright Starkweather, KUWC Tutor When tutoring writing online, I strive for a sense of synchronicity with students in order to foster engaged learning.  Synchronicity is a concept I […]

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 […]