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Multimodal Writing Assignments and Writing in Online Courses

Three Kinds of Writing Activities in an Online Course

Posted on July 6, 2019

BRANDEE EASTER ENGLISH 142: MYSTERY AND CRIME FITION ONLINE Summer 2017 and 2018 (8 week format); Adapted from Professor Caroline Levine Course Description for Students Imagine that you come upon a dead body. How do you …

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Keyword and Popular Culture Blog Posts in Comparative Literature 203

Posted on July 6, 2019

PROFESSOR BRIGITTE FIELDER COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE STUDIES Post #1 must be completed by Friday, March 4th Post #2 must be completed by Friday, May 7th This is a course in which the realm of …

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A COURSE BLOG WITH STUDENT ANALYSES OF WEATHER EVENTS

Posted on July 6, 2019

PROFESSOR STEVE ACKERMAN & TIM WAGNER  ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC 441 Background: Sometimes we gave students an explicit assignment, and other times we let students find an interesting topic to present. Either way, students wrote their …

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Learning Goals and A Web-Based Project in Genetics 564

Posted on July 6, 2019

PROFESSOR AHNA SKOP GENETICS 564, CAPSTONE IN GENOMICS There are several large gaps in how we teach science today that I have tried to address: 1) How do we get students to understand key concepts, …

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Vocabulary for Evaluating New Media Assignments

Posted on December 29, 2017

  Writing Across the Curriculum (Summarized from a recent article in The Writing Center Journal, the following list offers instructors vocabulary to use in class activities and in evaluation criteria.) Instructors often hesitate to assign …

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ARIS Fieldwork Assignment and Reflection Essay

Posted on December 29, 2017

  Tim Frandy (Folklore 100) Overview: You will be working in groups of 4-5 students to electronically document 3 important aspects of student culture at UW-Madison using an iPad and an ARIS game. Each group …

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Radio Stories in a FIG Course Syllabus

Posted on December 29, 2017

  Professor Erica Halverson (FIG Course: L&S 106) Representing Self Through Media: A Personal Journey Through This American Life Course Description & Goals: The overarching goal of this class is to understand the relationship between …

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Critical Internet Project in Communication Arts

Posted on December 28, 2017

  Professor Jeremy Morris (Communication Arts 346) Internet Genius Prompt Using the technologies behind the annotation site Rap Genius (http://genius.com/), this project requires you to annotate a text of your choosing to make a critical …

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Multimedia Writing Assignments in East Asian Visual Culture

Posted on December 28, 2017

  Professor Adam Kern (East Asian 433 / East Asian 833) Description of Course Writing Goals A secondary goal of the course is to help each student research, write, and publish online an academic digital …

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