At the risk of beating a dead one day conference into the ground, I want to touch on some of the results of the one day conference on teaching writing (at one of the schools I teach for as an adjunct, Baker College) that I...
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This week Deborah Louis was kind enough to speak with us. Though she has since stepped down, Deborah was co-chair of the New Faculty Majority: The National Coalition for Adjunct.
As the Internet has flooded its way through every aspect of contemporary life, it has changed many things. One of the things net champions claim as a victory is the.
One of the factors defining academic writing, and distinguishing it from writing in the rest of the world, is that it is graded. Grading is an area of ongoing debate in academia, especially grading writing. Do a search on grading and you'll find discussions of...
It is easy for those of us who are toiling away as full-time adjuncts (if you'll allow me that supposed oxymoron) forget how flexible and multifaceted that term is. It's.
Recently I had two experiences that made me realize how much I'd changed, and how much things have changed. (Stay with me—this really is about adjuncts and writing.) Both of.
Take a look at the Adjunct Writing Instructor Group on Ning. No, seriously. Go ahead. It won't take you long. It is, or rather was, a group started by an adjunct writing instructor to share ideas about the specific challenges inherent in adjuncts teaching writing....
At the risk of beating a dead one day conference into the ground, I want to touch on some of the results of the one day conference on teaching writing.
This week Deborah Louis was kind enough to speak with us. Though she has since stepped down, Deborah was co-chair of the New Faculty Majority: The National Coalition for Adjunct.
Clayton M. Christensen is primarily known for his work on innovation. His books The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution are required reading for business innovators (and in many classes), and the phrase "innovator's dilemma" has passed into general use. Christensen recently turned his attention...
