Faculty & Research Presentations
| Recent Presentations to Faculty and Research Groups |
This page contains links to pdf files of slides used in recent presentations I've given to faculty both at the U of Alberta and elsewhere. Links to slides from research presentations are also included. |
| 2008-2013 |
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2013 Writing Research Funding proposals: A Workshop Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing, June 1, 2013 Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing, June 1, 2013 Beyond 1:1--The argument for group writing tutorials Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing, June 1, 2013 Discipline-specific group writing tutorials: How and Why? Writing@the Centre, University of Victoria, May 31 2013 Grant proposals: How to write and argue effectively Handout for Grant Proposals session Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta, May 21, 2013 Augustana Campus, May 23, 2013 Assignment Design and Scoring Guide Workshop Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, May 9, 2013 Clearwater Public School District Professional Development Seminar Stettler, AB, April 29, 2013 Writing for Learning Across the Disciplines Writing Assignment Design for English University of the Fraser Valler, Abbottsford, BC, April 19, 2013 Explaining your research to the public: Plain language SMART Neural Prothesis Team, University of Alberta, April 15, 2013 How can I improve as a writer? Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta, March 20, 2013 Conversations about writing and college readiness: Ready for What? Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, March 15, 2013 Using Writing to Teach Critical Thinking Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta, March 5, 2013 Teaching Writing Across the Disciplines Pearson Education National Webinar, March 1, 2013 Writing for Professional Success in Chemical Engineering Writing Well: Building Traction and Triumph into Co-authorship Faculty of Engingeering, February 19, 2013 Thinking About Writing Discussion Series What makes for a good writing assignment? Wednesday, January 23, 2013 How should I evaluate student writing?Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Wednesday, March 20, 2013
“The Argumentative Strategies of CIHR OOGP Grant Writing.” Style in CIHR OOGP Grant Applications U of A Health Sciences, February 5, 2013 WAC 999: January -April, 2013 Learning to Write: A survey of writing studies research 1960-2011 Process and post-process writing instruction: Beyond grammar and correctness Responding to student writing: your role as instructor (coach, not editor) Advice on grading student work Conferences with student writers: Making them work
2012 A National Approach to Undergraduate Writing in the Disciplines University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford BC, November 15 2012 Creating Clear Assignments: Workshop materials for UFV: Creating clear assignments guidelines Advice on grading student work Nursing 1xx: Writing the Research Paper Alberta Writes" Conversations about writing in secondary and post-secondary contexts University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge AB, October 26 2012 Notes Toward a Theory of Rhetoric for a Networked World Western States Literacy and Rhetoric Conference, Winnipeg MB, October 19 2012 WAC 999: Teaching and Assessing Writing Week 1 The development of Writing Instruction in Canada “Assignments Across the Curriculum: A Meta-Analysis."
Marking Assignments: Designing Scoring Guides that Work Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, September 5, 2012 Writing Resources for New Instructors Religious Studies Program, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, September 4, 2012 Explaining your research to the public: Alberta Climate Change Dialogue Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, September 4, 2012 Applying to the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Faculty of Arts Internal Grant Workshop, August 30, 2012 Using Sources Ethically and Effectively Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Week, University of Alberta, August 29, 2012 School of Nursing Writing Workshop University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, August 27-28, 2012 Grant proposals: How to write and argue effectively International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Edmonton AB, July 11, 2012 De-stabilized for Now: Stasis and Change in Writing Assignments Genre 2012, Ottawa ON, June 26, 2012 Undergraduate Writing Assignments in Engineering: Some Preliminary Findings Canadian Engineering Education Association, Winnipeg MB, June 23, 2012 Fuel for thought: Rhetorics of the Environmental Movement Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing, May 27, 2012 Writing de-centred: Assessing Group Writing Tutorials Inkshed 28, Toronto, May 29 2012 Profiles of First-year Writing Pearson College and Career Readiness Solutions, Toronto, May 4 2012 Writing for Academic Publication: A workshop for University of Alberta Librarians University of Alberta, May 2 2012 WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing,March 30 2012 The Power of Persuasive Writing Human Resources, University of Alberta, March 29 2012 A National Approach to Undergraduate Writing in the Disciplines Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis MO, March 22, 2012 WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing, March 16, 2012 WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing, February 27, 2012 Faculte St. Jean, February 16, 2012 WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing, February 17, 2012 WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing, February 3, 2012 Notes toward a rhetoric of nursing WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing, January 27, 2012 Current-traditional, process, and post-process approaches to teaching writing WAC 999: Teaching Writing in Nursing, January 13, 2012 The Development of Writing Studies in Canada Nursing 410: Writing the ScholarlyPaper and Management InterviewReport Style in CIHR OOGP Grant Applications Faculty of Medicine, January 10, 2012 2011 “The Argumentative Strategies of CIHR OOGP Grant Writing.” Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, November 10, 2011. Campus Alberta Writing Studies Colloquim, Edmonton, September 30, 2011.. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, September 30, 2011. With Jo-Anne Andre. Summer 2011 “Assignments Across the Curriculum: A Meta-Analysis." 62nd Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 9, 2011, Atlanta. With Susan Chaudoir. “Knowledge transfer: Faculty and student writing workshops.” Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Language, Fredericton, NB, May 29, 2011. Winter 2011 “Writing Assignments in Disciplinary Contexts.” Writing Research Across Borders, George Mason University, Feb. 19, 2011. With Susan Chaudoir. Writing for Academic Publication: A workshop for University of Alberta Librarians 2010 “From Belles Lettres to Rhetorical Genre Studies: Writing Studies and Rhetoric in Canada 1900-2000.” Writing and Rhetoric Across Borders International Speakers Series, DePaul University, October 20, 2010. Spring 2010 “Marketing Campaigns and How They Influence Us.” Canadian Society for Hospital Pharmacists, Halifax, August 12 2010. “SSHRC Standard Research Grant Workshop: Levels of Edit.” Faculty of Arts, U of Alberta, August 17, 2010. “SSHRC Standard Research Grant Workshop: Re-thinking and Revising: Standard Research Grant Draft Funding Proposal.” Faculty of Arts, U of Alberta, July 13, 2010. “SSHRC Standard Research Grant Workshop: Writing the One-page Summary.” Faculty of Arts, U of Alberta, May 11, 2010. “Writing 101: A Genre Analysis.” Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Language, Montreal PQ, May 30 2010. “Writing Assignments Across One Nursing Faculty.” Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Language, Montreal PQ, May 30 2010. With Susan Chaudoir. “Supporting Doctoral Student Writing: Writing Centre Perspectives.” Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Language, Montreal PQ, May 29 2010.
Winter 2010 “Supporting Doctoral Student Writing: Writing Centre Perspectives.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville KY, March 19, 2010. “What Assignments do University Professors Ask Students to Write?” 2nd Annual Olive Yonge Teaching/Learning Scholarship Day, U of Alberta, March 25 2010. “Doctoral Student Writing: A Discussion.” WAC Faculty Research Group Meeting, U of Alberta, April 8 2010. “Electronic Communication: Business Communication for Academics.” WAC Faculty Workshop, U of Alberta, March 30 2010. “Authorship, Collaboration, and Citation: How to Work Together & Get More Done.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, March 23 2010. “Marking Written Assignments.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, March 9, 2010. “Responding to Student Writing.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, March 2, 2010. “Arguments in Articles: Introductions to Journal Articles.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, February23, 2010. “Elements of Scholarly/Academic Papers.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, February 9, 2010. “Teaching Writing: A Primer for Graduate Students.” Department of English, University of Alberta, February 4, 2010. “Writing Genres.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, February 2, 2010. “Academic Style 1.” WAC Faculty Workshops, U of Alberta, January19, 2010.
Teaching Writing: A Primer for Graduate Students
2009 “Writing to Learn: Learning to Write.” Red Deer College, December 9, 2009. “Notes Towards a Theory of Rhetoric for a Networked World.” Colloquium on Modern Rhetoric, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Minnesota, October 22, 2009. Research Writing Groups Winter/Spring 2009 “Style in Academic Writing: Nursing.” Faculty of Nursing, U of Alberta, November 24, 2009. “The Shift to Visual Design in Writing Instruction.” Humber College ON, May 20 2009; Langara College BC, April 30 2009. “Writing Assignments Your Students Can Understand.” Humber College ON, May 20 2009; Langara College BC, April 30 2009. “Under New Pressures? Practices, Policies, and Perceptions of Doctoral Writing at Canadian G13 Universities.” Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Language, Ottawa ON, May 24 2009. “Make yourself useful: Growing the profession of Writing Studies in Canada.” Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Language, Ottawa ON, May 26 2009. “What do they write? A survey of high-stakes writing assignments across the curriculum.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, March 2009. “The case for cases in business communication.” The Many Dimensions of Student Learning, Wilfrid Laurier University, February 18 2009.
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| Fall, 2008 |
Writing Across the Rehabilitation Medicine Curriculum Anglo-Canadian Contexts for Writing Write your future: Arts Career Day The Shift to Visuals and Visual Design in Writing Instruction Teaching Writing: A Primer for Graduate Students Enhancing Student Learning in Introductory Biology: Phase I of the First Year Biology Literacy Initiative. International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Edmonton, AB October 16-19, 2008 With Ken Meadows, Tom Haffie, and Linda Dunn of the University of Western Ontario, Canada Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Writing Marking Essays: Designing Rubrics that Work The Power of Persuasion Huron University College/University of Western Ontario Writing Project: Writing through the curriculum |
| Other presentations |
Writng Across the Curriculum Workshop Clear Instructions, Great Expectations: Creating good writing assignments Be careful what you ask for: Writing assignments across the curriculum Writing to Learn: Learning to Write at UWO April 4, 2007 Writing Centres, Writing Seminars, Writing Culture: Teaching Writing in Canadian Universities Track Changes: The emergence of the visual in writing instruction Video of November 18, 2006 Faculty of Education, McGill University |