blog / Online Higher Education / Technology and Writing
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published October 19, 2016 · Last modified April 8, 2020
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™...
Technology and Writing / Writing Across the Curriculum
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published August 3, 2016 · Last modified March 27, 2018
Dr. Lynne Williams, Purdue University Global Faculty, MSIT and MSCM Programs Target, Home Depot, even the U.S. Internal Revenue service have all suffered high-profile security breaches in recent years. They’re all large organizations, so...
APA / Grading / Online Writing Instruction / Teaching college writing / Technology and Writing
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 4, 2016 · Last modified October 7, 2020
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center Are you one of them? Do you space like it’s an exact science? Do you bypass 2.0 on the spacing shortcut and go straight for...
Online Higher Education / Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published February 15, 2016 · Last modified March 27, 2018
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...
Technology and Writing / Tutors
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 24, 2015 · Last modified June 23, 2015
Molly Wright Starkweather, Writing Center Tutor, Kaplan University This blog entry is the first of a two-entry discussion around anonymity as a productive starting point for online students wishing to make genuine connections as...
Technology and Writing / Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 17, 2014 · Last modified December 16, 2014
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor The writing center serves all university students, including those with learning disabilities. According to the Learning Disabilities Act of 1968, a learning disability is “a disorder in...
feedback / Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 26, 2014 · Last modified November 20, 2014
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center I’ve encountered both good and not so good practices for tutoring and teaching writing over the past twenty years, and the difference between the two often...
Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing / WAC Classroom
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 12, 2014 · Last modified June 9, 2014
Terresa Fontana Kaplan University Faculty, Department of Educational Studies What kind of impression can you make in seven seconds? According to research conducted by NYU, we make at least eleven conclusions about others within...
Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing / Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 20, 2014 · Last modified May 16, 2014
Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Academic Center Manager In the online digital space that is Kaplan University Writing Center, we (the KUWC) engage with students to make meaning and create spaces for learning. The Kaplan University...
Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing / WAC Classroom
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published April 10, 2014 · Last modified April 2, 2014
Dr. Bruce Kuhlman, CFA, CAIA, Graduate Faculty, Kaplan School of Business How do you make students feel comfortable and confident in an Internet classroom? There is no physical classroom that facilitates students talking among themselves...