ITL Lunchtime Seminar
The Institute for Teaching & Learning will be offering the following Lunchtime Seminar:
Using Informal Writing to Promote Engagement and Critical Thinking in Small and Large Courses Across the Disciplines
by
Tom Deans
English & ITL-Writing Center
Most of the writing we assign in college courses–papers, lit reviews, lab reports–is formal and high-stakes, and typically takes lots of time to teach and grade. This workshop will focus on a whole different kind of writing: informal, low-stakes writing that can be woven strategically into both small and large enrollment courses. What would it be like, for example, to interrupt a lecture and have students write for 3 minutes on a key question, data set, or quotation presented on a slide? Such quick writing activities–often done in class, often not even collected–can promote engagement, spark critical thinking, and reinforce course content.
Targeted Audience: Faculty & TA’s
Friday, January 23rd
11:15 – 1:10 pm
John W. Rowe Center for Undergraduate Education (ROWE)
Room 320
Registration is required
To register and view other workshops, please visit http://itl.uconn.edu/seminars/
For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu