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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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Descriptive Feedforward:
A Four-Step User’s Guide By Jan Watson Feedforward, a process of evaluation that originated in the management world, was developed to improve employee output and identify future goals. In recent years, the shift from feedback to feedforward has presented a new model for how educators respond to student writing. This blog post examines four simple…
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The First WACademic Year:
Teaching Triumphs, Chalk Dust, and Digital Ink By Dr. Jacob Kaltenbach and Dr. Irina Negrea, WACademic Editors The WACademic’s first academic year is now recent history. Here, the two blog editors summarize the year’s crucial data and the themes most popular among contributors. Plans for future growth and improvement in technical, academic, and networking areas…
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