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by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published October 5, 2016 · Last modified October 7, 2020
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 Carolina to Michigan. Now...
Academic Support / Academic Writing / Online Writing Instruction / Resources / teacher resources / WAC Classroom / WAC Podcast Series
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published June 8, 2016 · Last modified March 27, 2018
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center, Tutor Until this week, Purdue University Global (Purdue Global) Composition students have had exclusive access to three new Effective Writing Podcasts from podcaster Kurtis Clements who...
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...
Academic Support / Online Higher Education / Online tutoring / Student Services / Tutoring Role
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published August 5, 2015 · Last modified April 2, 2020
By Chrissine Rios Cairns, MA The role of tutoring in student success has received renewed attention in higher education in recent years as more colleges and universities offer academic programs online and discover what...
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...
Tutors / Writing Center Pedagogy
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 10, 2014 · Last modified December 8, 2014
Molly Wright Starkweather, Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center Leveraging video technology for asynchronous tutoring in writing across the curriculum can be an exciting prospect, especially for online writing centers. All of a sudden, there...
Grammar / Gratitude / Memoir / Motivation / Online Writing Instruction / Tutors
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published May 22, 2014 · Last modified May 21, 2014
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Situated not too far in the distant past, a young, hopeful senior in college decided to embark on a writing portfolio as part of his minor’s requirements...
Conferences / Professional Development / Writing Center Outreach
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published April 14, 2014
Lisa Gerardy, Kaplan University Writing Center Specialist and Chrissine Rios, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor You might expect to see the Kaplan University Writing Center represented at online professional conferences–from Kaplan’s own KU Village online to...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 6, 2014 · Last modified February 24, 2014
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor I used to hate ‘starting’ papers; in fact, I still do to this day. Planning weeks in advance for projects, I spent countless hours in front of...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 25, 2013 · Last modified November 15, 2013
The lyf so short David Werner By David Werner, Kaplan University Writing Center The role of the tutor can vary but just as a physician takes the Hippocratic Oath to “First, do no harm,”...