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Teaching Ethics and Writing Integrity in the Age of AI
By Paige MJ Erickson Students and faculty writing in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) have the unique opportunity to demonstrate their character, integrity, and uniqueness through their compositions. This post offers suggestions to approach academic writing as a means to demonstrate ethics in action. While personality, humor, and style are recommended against by AI-generated…
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Practical Strategies for the Inclusion of All Students
By Beth Lee This is the final post in a three-part series highlighting accessibility and writing across the curriculum. In writing-intensive and writing-across-the-curriculum contexts, fostering a sense of belonging requires instructional design that anticipates learner variability rather than relying on reactive accommodations. This post examines Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a pedagogical framework that…
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Dyslexia-Friendly Writing Strategies
By Jessica Love This is the second in a three-part series highlighting accessibility and writing across the curriculum. Professors can adapt their writing to meet the needs of students with dyslexia. By making the style and formatting choices discussed in this blog, writers can make reading easier for readers with dyslexia. Many post-secondary students are…
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Access for All
Designing Accessible Online Curriculum By Dr. Carolyn Stevenson The first in a three-part series highlighting accessibility and writing across the curriculum, this blog post explores how intentional course design can remove barriers and support diverse learners in online higher education. It highlights practical strategies grounded in accessibility to ensure content is usable by learners of…
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The Missing 11%: The Broken Finger Chronicles
By Barbara c.g. Green MA, MS, and PhD Student Who would’ve imagined that a broken middle finger on Christmas Day would rob me of that essential 11%—the letter E—for typing? Not me, that’s for sure. Yet this forced adaptation journey from panic to dictation technology became an unexpected gift. I hate change—let me say that…
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