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Archive for October 26th, 2016

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 […]

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 […]

I Really Want to Present at a Conference: The Keys to a Successful Submission Process: Part One

Steven V. Cates, DBA SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University Global, School of Business and IT You may be asking yourself, “Why is making a presentation of my research at a conference […]

Bookends: Looking Ahead to the IWCA Conference

By Chrissine Rios, Purdue University Global Writing Center This summer I wrote “Weighing the Books” while boxing up my household and home office in order to move it from North […]

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 […]

Saving Time with Tutoring

By Amy Sexton, Writing Center tutor Managing our time successfully can be a challenge for all of us, and college students may be especially busy.  They are juggling school assignments, […]

Read and Write Outside the Classroom, Too.

Sara Wink, Purdue University Global Composition Faculty For months, my daughter asked—not quite begging, but close—for a “real bike.” Her Radio Flyer big wheel just barely contained her lanky frame, […]

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. […]

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 […]