Events

A casual, agenda-free meet-up for instructors working on projects related to teaching with writing—from giving feedback on a stack of papers to designing new courses or curricula. Participants can request brief consultations with the WAC team during the session or simply come to enjoy…

What if the first three rules of writing were “location, location, location”? This panel brings together scholars and researchers who use maps and mapping in their teaching and research to explore how the processes of mapping and using maps to generate insight might intersect with writing…

Over the last few years, you’ve undoubtedly developed one (or a dozen) AI policies for your courses. But have you included students in the process? Involving students in creating community agreements around AI increases engagement and supports accountability. The workshop will provide…

A key criterion of writing-intensive (WI) courses at the University of Minnesota is that “Writing in the course is learned through revision in the course.” Many students…

Since at least 2022, everyone who writes or reads has been forced to consider hard questions about the role of writing in the era of Generative AI. John Warner, author, columnist, podcast regular, and editor emeritus at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, offers a nuanced take in his most recent…

Instructors assign problem sets as homework to reinforce conceptual learning and build students' capacity to reach solutions. Unfortunately, these valuable low-stakes opportunities are occasionally undervalued by students, who fixate on “getting the right answer on question 3” rather than…

A casual, agenda-free meet-up for instructors working on projects related to teaching with writing—from giving feedback on a stack of papers to designing new courses or curricula. Participants can request brief consultations with the WAC team during the session or simply come to enjoy…

Since at least 2022, everyone who writes or reads has been forced to consider hard questions about the role of writing in the era of Generative AI. John Warner, author, columnist, podcast regular, and editor emeritus at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, offers a nuanced take in his most recent…

A casual, agenda-free meet-up for instructors working on projects related to teaching with writing—from giving feedback on a stack of papers to designing new courses or curricula. Participants can request brief consultations with the WAC team during the session or simply come to enjoy…