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Archive for August 31st, 2016

Extra Email Checks Go a Long Way

Sara Wink, Purdue University Global Composition Faculty   “Mommy!” I let out a mangled “Whamb?” through the apple pulp in my mouth as I wash dishes. “Mommy mommy M-O-O-O-O-M-M-Y!” I […]

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 […]

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, […]

Left Out Online: Students in Need of More

Kyle Harley, Purdue University Global Writing Center Tutor Understanding those who feel ostracized within the classroom can be a bit tricky in an online setting. Because instructors and tutors alike […]

Teaching Voice with Poetry

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center While we work with our students toward effective sentences, they (we!) create outcomes, and one of the most important yet least […]

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, […]

Knowing What Students May Not Know

By Amy Sexton, Purdue University Global Writing Center Tutor My college career began in the early 1990’s, before wireless internet and personal computers were in most homes.  When I was […]

Audience Demystified

By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center A common time to teach “audience” to students is during the revision stage of the writing process: “Draft for yourself, and […]