These resources are drawn from the Writing Program Resources Moodle site, created by Diane LeBlanc, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of Writing. For more helpful materials on teaching writing, you are encouraged to visit this site. St. Olaf faculty and staff who are interested but not yet enrolled in the site should contact leblanc@stolaf.edu to request enrollment.
Getting Started:
How Do You Flip a Classroom? UT Austin Faculty Innovation Center
A flipped/hybrid/blended writing course assigns interactive writing instruction through video and other activities, then meets students in active-learning tutorials that social distancing will accommodate. During 2020-21, consider grouping students in learning communities of 5-6 students, and meet those students on alternate days during class time.
Organize Your Flip (University of Utah)
Ensuring Inclusivity and Equity:
Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely (Rice University)
Getting and Staying Connected with International Students
Designing a First-Year Writing Syllabus:
Sample First-Year Writing Syllabus with Embedded Resources (Excelsior OWL)
This sample course models organization by paper topic. Many of the resources are available online or can be replicated with your own course materials and style.
English Composition 1 Online Course ( Duke University via Coursera)
This course offers helpful examples of instructional videos. The course outline shows how videos interact with learning activities to engage students online.
Creating a Feedback Loop:
How To Give Your Students Better Feedback with Technology (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Feedback Strategies for Online Courses (Clemson University)
Use these tips while engaging with best practices for responding to student writing. (For more on Responding to Student Writing go to the St Olaf Moodle site: Writing Program Resources).
Sample Asynchronous Peer Review (Cornell University)
Research Instruction:
Information Literacy Resources (Community of Online Research Assignments)
First-Year Writing will continue to integrate research instruction in collaboration with the library. These tutorials may supplement that instruction and help you design research activities in your course.
First Year Writing Activities (Community of Online Research Assignments)