Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Teaching Writing
Writing can be a powerful tool for learning for students in all disciplines—agriculture, architecture, business, engineering, liberal arts, math or the sciences. Effective writing has long been at the core of Cal Poly's Student Learning Objectives, and is consistently on the top of employers' list of the most valued abilities of college grads. For all of these reasons, we have created an opportunity for Cal Poly educators to share with each other our most effective practices for using writing to support learning, for using unique disciplinary writing practices to support writing instruction, and for sharing ways to create and assess writing-rich environments and assignments.
Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Teaching Writing
12:30pm-5pm, Monday, September 11, 2017
Overview
Writing can be a powerful tool for learning for students in all disciplines—agriculture, architecture, business, engineering, liberal arts, math or the sciences. Effective writing has long been at the core of Cal Poly's Student Learning Objectives, and is consistently on the top of employers' list of the most valued abilities of college grads. Many of us use writing in our teaching, and for some of us, teaching writing, what writing does and how it does it, is our primary focus.
Our intention is to create an opportunity for educators across campus to exchange innovative and effective writing instruction and evaluation practices, and to bring together colleagues who are invested in developing students' writing practices throughout their degree work at Cal Poly. This event is co-sponsored by the CTLT and the English Department.
For all of these reasons, we invite Cal Poly educators to an afternoon devoted to sharing with each other our most effective practices for using writing to support learning, for using unique disciplinary writing to support writing instruction, and for sharing ways to create and assess writing rich environments and assignments.
Program
Schedule | Activity |
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12:30-1:10 pm | Lunch |
1:15-1:20 pm | Welcome |
1:20-1:30 pm | Framing the afternoon |
1:30-3:00 pm |
Panel #1 § Brian Bates, English
§ Rebekah Oulton, Civil and Environmental Engineering
§ Courtney Brogno, English
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3:00-3:15 pm | Break |
3:15-4:45 pm |
Panel #2 § Ashley McDonald & John Hagen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
§ David Braun, Electrical Engineering
§ Dianna Winslow, CTLT
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4:45-4:55 pm | Wrapping up the day |
4:55-5:00 pm | Farewell |
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Questions?
Please contact Dianna Winslow (diwinslo@calpoly.edu), Writing Instruction Specialist at the CTLT, or Brian Bates, English Department (brbates@calpoly.edu ).