by Teresa Marie Kelly · Published October 1, 2021 · Last modified September 28, 2021
“How can I show my experience and opinion without using ‘’I’?” a student recently asked for about the billionth time in my teaching career. Hi everyone! This is TK from the Department of Composition...
by Errol Craig Sull · Published September 17, 2021 · Last modified September 16, 2021
Let’s see, I need to write about my life. Okay, this is how I’ll start: “To me my life has been, in my honest opinion, actual joy. The life’s experiences I went through included...
Academic Writing / Communication / Online Writing Instruction / Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing Process
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 23, 2016 · Last modified March 27, 2018
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 rewrite for the reader,”...
APA / Citation / Online Writing Instruction / Plagiarism / Research Writing / Resources / teacher resources
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published September 2, 2015
by Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Students frequently ask writing tutors for help with APA citations and formatting as well as how to avoid and understand plagiarism. Instructors, as well, contact...
Teaching college writing / Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing Center Pedagogy / Writing-to-learn
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 10, 2015
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. Even if you’ve been...
Online Writing Instruction / Teaching / WAC General
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published August 20, 2014 · Last modified August 19, 2014
By Teresa Kelly, Kaplan University Composition Faculty As family, friends, colleagues, and fans worldwide mourn the death of comedy legend Robin Williams from suicide on August 11, composition instructors face another of those moments where...
Academic Writing / Communication / Online Writing Instruction / WAC General
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 24, 2014 · Last modified June 17, 2014
Patricia Drown, Kaplan University Faculty, Social And Behavioral Sciences Nothing can put fear in to the heart faster than the prospect of academic writing. Our mind immediately fills with pictures of quill pens, dusty...
Motivation / Online Writing Instruction / Teaching
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 3, 2014
Kathleen A. Bishop, MS, PhD, Kaplan University Health Sciences Faculty Today is the day I’ve decided to write my first blog post for the KUWC, and like all writers I am a little nervous...
Academic Writing / Essay Style / Online Writing Instruction / Teaching
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 29, 2014 · Last modified May 28, 2014
David Healey, Kaplan University Composition Faculty Hooking your readers turns out to have a lot in common with pretending to be a shark. One of my favorite childhood memories is of being at the...
Motivation / Online Writing Instruction / Professional Development / Teaching
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 13, 2014 · Last modified May 12, 2014
By Misty Brannan, Criminal Justice Professor, Kaplan University As in any job, teachers can find themselves going through the motions of their career without a real love or energy for it. And without motivation for...