Faculty Learning Communities
How Does Writing Work in the Disciplines?
December 16 - 18, 2019, Palm Desert Campus
Winter-Spring 2020, San Bernardino Campus
This inquiry-driven faculty learning community (FLC) will facilitate instructors’ design of a writing-intensive course in their disciplines by leading them in research and reflection on writing in their disciplinary area(s). Participants will have opportunities to develop meaningful questions about how writing works in their discipline(s), how it works in their classrooms, and the relationship between these. The FLC will be highly interactive and is designed to produce several artifacts useful as CSUSB builds its Writing Intensive program in transitioning from quarters to semesters.Participants who complete the entire 24-hour workshop, and who submit a summary of the product(s) developed in the workshop to share with the teaching community will receive a $1500 stipend.
Workshops
Writing to Learn in the Sciences
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Writing can be an effective way to facilitate learning across disciplines. This four-hour hands-on workshop will provide participants with resources to develop learning opportunities in their existing and/or new courses in the sciences by integrating writing-to-learn strategies. Participants will develop one or more write-to-learn activities. Eligible participants will receive $300. Limited to 15 participants.
Borrowing and Innovating: Designing “Plagiarism-Proof” Writing Projects
Special Guest Rebecca Moore Howard
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Rebecca Moore Howard is Professor of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition in Syracuse University's Composition and Cultural Rhetorics program. She is a widely cited expert on academic source use and plagiarism, and is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including "Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty," Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators, and Writing Matters. She is also a principal investigator in The Citation Project, a multi-institution study examining how students draw on sources in their academic writing.
Plagiarism is a perennial concern for educators, and one only amplified in the digital age. This four-hour hands-on workshop will help detangle the sometimes-conflicting expectations for borrowing and innovating in academic discourses, and engage participants in crafting writing projects that discourage plagiarism. Participants will develop a draft of a new, or significantly revised, writing project description. Eligible participants will receive $300. Limited to 15 participants.
“Strangers in Strange Lands”: Helping Students Adapt to Varieties of Discourse
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
It may be tempting to think students can learn everything they need to about writing in their “writing” courses, but research shows discipline-specific writing is taught most effectively by experts in that discipline. While professors are typically engaged in a single discipline or set of related disciplines, students must navigate several disciplines, often with disparate expectations. This four-hour hands-on workshop will provide strategies for supporting students adapt to unfamiliar discourses. Participants will develop a draft of a new, or significantly revised, formal or informal writing project description. Eligible participants will receive $300. Limited to 15 participants.
Responding to Writing by Responding to Learning: Giving Effective Feedback
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Many professors are hesitant to integrate writing opportunities into their discipline-specific courses because they lack the time to respond effectively to student writing. This four-hour hands-on workshop will provide participants strategies for maximizing the effect of feedback on student writing—including some strategies that do not require any investment of time. Participants will produce a draft rubric. Eligible participants will receive $300. Limited to 15 participants.
Contact Dr. Girshin (tgirshin@csusb.edu) for more information or to register.