Tag: Writing
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Spring 2025 Co-Writing Community (Tuesdays & Fridays 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.)
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Tara DaPra, one of CATL’s Instructional Development Consultants, will lead another “Co-Writing Community” this semester. A co-writing community is a zero-obligation, zero-preparation, zero-outside work activity. Use this time to work on creative or scholarly projects that might otherwise get pushed aside by the demands of teaching. All faculty and staff are welcome! The co-writing community…
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On Keeping a Teaching Journal
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Article by Tara DaPra, Teaching Professor & 2024-25 Instructional Development Consultant On the last day of the semester, I read the Brendan Kennelly poem “Begin” to my creative writing students, which ends thus: “Though we live in a world that dreams of ending/that always seems about to give in/something that will not acknowledge conclusion/insists that…
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Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
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What does a “good” multiple-choice question look like? What aspects influence a multiple-choice assessment’s reliability and validity in terms of assessing target learning outcomes? Although the answers to these questions may vary depending on who you ask, there are common themes that emerge when you look at recommendations from assessment experts. Check out these seven…
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Revising—and Reframing—Your Teaching Philosophy
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Writing your teaching philosophy is not easy, but it is still an important practice both for potential career advancement and for self-reflection as educators. In this post, Tara DaPra, Assistant Teaching Professor and one of CATL’s 2022-23 Instructional Development Consultants, reflects on some ways to make writing a teaching philosophy a creative (and even fun)…
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Turnitin: Beyond Plagiarism Review
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A feature highlight for Canvas this week is Turnitin. Although most instructors may be familiar with this tool as a plagiarism checker, it has additional impactful uses within the classroom. While checking for plagiarism is important to ensure academic integrity in student work, Turnitin can also function as a powerful feedback tool and as a…