Happy New Year 2021!
Happy New Year 2021 from the Purdue Global Academic Success and Writing Resource Center and Blog!
Category: Online Higher Education
Prepping Students for the Holidays
Dr. Tamara Fudge Professor, Business and Information Technology, Purdue University Global The holidays are here, and it is time to prepare your students. Along with the turkey, holiday gifts, champagne, awkward chat with the...
Brexit Voters Broke It and Now Regret It-Part I: Establishing the Importance of Teaching and Learning in Developing an Educated, Global Electorate
Teresa Marie Kelly, MAT Composition Professor, Purdue University Global Brexit – short for British Exit – the historic and controversial 2016 vote by the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU)–...
Cybersecurity for the Non-Technical Person, Part 3
Dr. Lynne Williams, Purdue University Global Faculty, MSIT and MSCM Programs Most Internet users are blissfully unaware of the infrastructure that allows them to send and receive email, watch Netflix™, update their Facebook™...
The Academic Support Video Series: A Resource Initiative and Collaboration
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center A tutor’s work is highly collaborative. Tutors collaborate with students by nature, but tutors also collaborate with one another, with academic center specialists, and with...
Cybersecurity for the Non-technical Person, Part 2
Dr. Lynne Williams, Purdue University Global Faculty, MSIT and MSCM Programs Many of us at Purdue University Global (Purdue Global) are lucky enough to be able to work from home. In order to effectively...
Maintaining Presence in an Online Classroom
Jeremy Pilarsky, Purdue University Global Composition Professor The term presence sometimes appears in teacher observations and evaluations when assessing a classroom environment. Presence, in pedagogy, means the instructor projects an aura conducive to learning...
Motivating Online Students to Achieve Success
By Kyle Harley, Purdue University Global Writing Center Tutor As I continually see the fantastic work our faculty accomplishes here at the university, I, like many of my colleagues, wonder how we can...
Meeting Academic Expectations: 3 Keys for Your Success Online
Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global and Academic Support Center Academic success comes from meeting and exceeding expectations at the same time that you are learning what these expectations are. From adopting the conventions...
Celebrating Writing Centers in Both “Real” Worlds
By Lisa Gerardy and Chrissine Rios, Purdue University Global Writing Center This week is Writing Center Week, an event offered through the International Writing Centers Association to celebrate the work of writing centers all over the world. Since students...