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Archive for November 29th, 2013

The Makings of a Great Online Writing Center

by Chrissine Rios, Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center The North Carolina division of the Southeast Writing Center Association held a Writing Consultant Retreat on September 13 to foster community among writing […]

Kaplan University Writing Center and Accessible Tutorials

By Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center There are many ways writing centers can provide fully accessible services to all students. Compose handouts with screen readers in mind.  Screen readers are […]

10 Things Students Say About Instructor Feedback

Last week, I attended the webcast Office Hours: Students Share Successful Feedback Tips because I think it is always good to hear what students have to say about feedback.  In the KUWC, […]

October Workshops

Join us for Kaplan University Writing Workshops in October. The focus for October is Research Writing.   To view the live workshops and complete schedule, click this link:   Writing Workshop Link […]

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 […]

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 […]

APA: Citing Databases, URL’s, and DOI’s

By Melody Pickle One question we see in the KUWC is “Do I include the Database name in my citation?”  Well, as with most aspects of APA, there is not […]