Thursday, May 29, 2008
New ideas on faculty development?
Ongoing topics: criteria for "good"/"bad" writing for faculty in disciplines that don't address these criteria often, how to ease them into assessment, basics in responding efficiently to writing
Monday, May 26, 2008
New Wiki
To add to the resources generated at the IWAC Workshop, go to http://wacwidcxc.wikispaces.com
Thursday, May 22, 2008
"Developing (and Renewing) New WAC, WID, or CxC Programs"
Martha (Marty) Townsend, William Condon (Bill), and Lillian Bridwell-Bowles (Lilly) are hosting this blog as a place for collaboration around WAC/WID/CxC programs. Its genesis is a workshop to be held at the International WAC Conference in Austin, TX, May 2008.
We will post information, participants' comments and questions here, and we invite participation from anyone with similar interests.
Here's a description of our plans for the pre-conference workshop in Austin:
"This 3-hour interactive workshop, facilitated by leaders who between them have over 70 years of experience developing writing programs that address the needs of students beyond first-year composition, will help participants answer the challenging question "How should my institution go about developing or renewing a new WAC, WID, or CxC program?"
Workshop topics include defining programmatic scope, mission, goals, and outcomes; identiying key constituencies to work with; determining programmatic governance and 'ownership'; securing needed resources; planning for faculty development, curricular change, personnel, technology, space, and assessment; and countering resistance.
Institutional teams are welcome. Participants will be asked to submit in advance a brief description of their institution's stage in the planning process. Participants will leave with strategies for continuing work after the conference; programmatic, budget, and assessment models; and bibliographic resources."
We will post information, participants' comments and questions here, and we invite participation from anyone with similar interests.
Here's a description of our plans for the pre-conference workshop in Austin:
"This 3-hour interactive workshop, facilitated by leaders who between them have over 70 years of experience developing writing programs that address the needs of students beyond first-year composition, will help participants answer the challenging question "How should my institution go about developing or renewing a new WAC, WID, or CxC program?"
Workshop topics include defining programmatic scope, mission, goals, and outcomes; identiying key constituencies to work with; determining programmatic governance and 'ownership'; securing needed resources; planning for faculty development, curricular change, personnel, technology, space, and assessment; and countering resistance.
Institutional teams are welcome. Participants will be asked to submit in advance a brief description of their institution's stage in the planning process. Participants will leave with strategies for continuing work after the conference; programmatic, budget, and assessment models; and bibliographic resources."
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