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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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Writing Helps Students Build Bridges Between Perspectives
By Sara Wink Higher education provides students with a unique opportunity to explore perspectives beyond the students’ situated knowledge. Educators across multiple fields can create those opportunities through critical reading and writing activities in the classroom. In Wisconsin, one may find the roots of one of the most prestigious college presses to ever be founded:…
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WPAs Need a Global Vision to Advance WAC in the Age of AI
By Dr. Michael Keathley, WACademic Publisher Educators have long understood the connections between literacy and knowledge; yet, the typical writing across the curriculum (WAC) initiative that integrates writing across an institution often depends on a tenuous position anchored to one individual and subject to budget fluctuations. Especially within the dynamics of the post-COVID context and…
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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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