The networked approaches to teaching & learning essential in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can benefit small, in-person composition classes, as well.

I turn to massive open online courses — MOOCs — for some inspiration to reform our on-ground classes and resist the mechanization of our students.

As an aspiring R-2 institution, Kean needs a discipline-driven Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program. Here's how it could work.

Think of a writing classroom. What can we badge there? Can writing earn badges? How can we determine whether writing goals are met?

John Swales listed the six characteristics that qualify groups as discourse communities. Here's why they matter and how to understand them.

Those who obsess over learning outcomes should ensure outcomes are flexible enough to allow for individualized learning, not rigid for standardization.

The way one character teaches another to pass an exam provides a useful model for helping students develop independence: Restraint.

I want to make sure each students' assignments are designed with re-consumption in mind. In other words, I want my classroom to go green.

Writing scholars can strengthen their credibility by serving as instructional consultants. Learn how WAC diplomacy benefits all faculty.

My keynote about Humane Education at the ALT Conference 2024 generated a number of questions in the Q&A forum that I did not get to address while on-stage. Below, I present the responses those questions prompted. Do you have any favourite tools to use while teaching? Movable desks. We often forget that analogue, physical tools...