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Read Full Text: WID at Vanier!

WID at Vanier!

May 31st, 2023

On May 30 2023, Jeff Gandell & JF Bri猫re gave a presentation about Assessing Language at Vanier College’s Supporting Departments in Student Success event.聽 Faculty members at Vanier are considering the best way to implement their revised Student Proficiency in the Language of Instruction policy, which stresses that developing language proficiency is the responsibility of…

Read Full Text: Rethinking Assignment Design in the Age of AI

Rethinking Assignment Design in the Age of AI

April 14th, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2:00-3:30, 2023. In light of the panic over AI-generated plagiarism and cheating, we are forced to ask some intriguing questions: Can college instructors design assignments that will motivate and inspire students to do their own great work? Is there a way to create at-home assignments so that students can鈥檛 cheat? Is it…

Read Full Text: Rethinking Writing in the Age of AI

Rethinking Writing in the Age of AI

March 1st, 2023

In the dawn of accessible AI-generated writing, we are forced to go back to the basics and ask ourselves: What is writing? Why do we ask our students to write? How is writing related to critical thinking? This informal session will give participants an opportunity to reflect on their own relationships to writing and share…

Read Full Text: Collaborative Writing Technologies for the English Classroom

Collaborative Writing Technologies for the English Classroom

February 10th, 2023

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 This workshop was an introduction Miro, an online interactive canvas that can be used for annotation, idea-generating, and other collaborative tasks both in the classroom and at home. Miro is free, easy to use, and requires no sign-in on the part of students or collaborators. It鈥檚 an excellent way to create…

Read Full Text: Rethinking Community In and Out of the Classroom

Rethinking Community In and Out of the Classroom

February 9th, 2023

Dawson, January 2023. Graduation workshop for Winter 2022 Fellows cohort. How can we foster meaningful relationship-building to support student learning? Join the Writing in the Disciplines 2022 Fellows for a show-and-tell workshop on four strategies for building community within and beyond the classroom: group work, grading and feedback, translingualism, and real-world partnerships. Presenters: Sara Louise…

Read Full Text: Learning Without Grading: An Introduction to Contract or Specifications Grading

Learning Without Grading: An Introduction to Contract or Specifications Grading

January 19th, 2023

Over the past few years, several Dawson teachers have experimented with Contract or Specifications grading, which is a way to take the focus off of grades, and instead emphasize each individual鈥檚 progress and body of work throughout the semester. In this informal online meetup, three teachers share their experiences with this different paradigm. Three brief…

Read Full Text: Engaging Groupwork: Strategies for Meaningful Activities

Engaging Groupwork: Strategies for Meaningful Activities

December 12th, 2022

Here are notes from Engaging Groupwork: Strategies for Meaningful Activities, a workshop held on PED Day at 星空传媒视频 on October 14, 2022. It was co-led by Cory Legassic from Saltise and Jeff from WID. The following notes were written by Cory and sent to participants after the workshop: One of the bigger distinctions in…

Read Full Text: Empowering and Motivating Students Through Better Assignment Design

Empowering and Motivating Students Through Better Assignment Design

December 12th, 2022

This workshop was the culmination of the Fall 2020 Writing Fellows Program. In the video below, each Fellows shares one pedagogical tool developed along their WID journey. Topics include creating meaningful problems, writing in genres, self-reflections, and group projects. Here are the slides from the session.

Read Full Text: The wind at your back: How to tap into students’ emotions to inspire deep learning

The wind at your back: How to tap into students’ emotions to inspire deep learning

December 12th, 2022

Dawson, Fall 2021 Learning is an emotional business. How students feel goes a long way in determining their level of success. This workshop presented research-based ways to tap into emotions that can motivate students, allow them to persist through the tough times, and give them a better chance to retain knowledge and skills. Click here…

Read Full Text: Imagine the Butterfly: Fostering Confidence Through Feedback

Imagine the Butterfly: Fostering Confidence Through Feedback

October 14th, 2020

Dawson, Ped Day, Fall 2020 Click here for slides from workshop

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