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Activity
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People/ Department
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Materials/Support
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Campus wide
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Tipsheets for faculty
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Dorry Ross, Writing
Center
Dee Baer, Writing Center
Steve Bernhardt, English
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A set of 2-4 page sheets to help faculty integrate
communication activities into their teaching– ongoing.
http://www.english.udel.edu/wc/staff/
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Instructional Grants
to Integrate Speaking and Writing into Courses
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CTE and The Present
Dorry Ross, Writing Center
Dee Baer, Writing Center
Steve Bernhardt, English
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Selected grants focus on integrating oral and
written communication into the disciplines. See project descriptions:
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2004/instgrant052504.html
Provided feedback on
writing component for grant applicants, Winter, Spring 04, Winter 05.
Consulted with grant
recipients to develop or refine specific writing projects, ranging from
prewriting activities to final projects Summer, Fall 04; FOSC
411, FREC 167 & FREC 406 Spring 05
http://www.udel.edu/FREC/duke/A/FREC16705S.pdf
http://www.udel.edu/FREC/awokuse/web/FREC406_webpage.htm
Grant recipients for 2005-06 have been announced:
http://cte.udel.edu/grants.htm#grants05-06
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Institute for
Transforming Education/Problem-Based Learning
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George Watson, College of A&S
Steve Bernhardt, English Dee Baer,
WC Dorry Ross, WC
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Project trains faculty
to integrate writing and communication activities through PBL.
Workshops conducted Summer 03, Winter 04, Fall 04 weekly workshops,
Winter 05 Institute
http://www.udel.edu/inst/june2005/
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Integrating Oral and
Written Communication through General Education 2003, 2004
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Scott Caplan,
Communication
John Courtright, Ugrad
Studies
Steve Bernhardt, English Dee
Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Guest speaker, Deborah
Bosley, U. North
Carolina-Charlotte, Summer 03
Faculty development
sessions at Gen Ed Institute
Two back-to-back sessions on teaching oral communication and
integrating writing into discipline-specific courses, followed by panel
discussion of faculty across colleges, Summer 04, 05
http://www.udel.edu/ugs/gened/gei2004/index.htm
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Faculty Development
On-campus Workshops and Presentations
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Stephen Bernhardt,
English
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Guest Speaker, Gerald
Graf, University of Illinois, “Academic Cluelesssness:
Causes and Cures” Gerald Graf, Fall
04
Workshop: Gerald Graf,
Cathy Birkenstein-Graf, University of Illinois, “Writing in the Disciplines,” Fall 04
Workshop: Gerald Graf,
“Shaping Modern English Studies,” Fall 04
“Responding to
Writing,” presentation to faculty and TAs at English 110 Plenary, Fall 04
LabWrite: Helping Students Learn Science Through
Writing. A three-hour Workshop led by Mike Carter and Miriam Ferzli of
North Carolina State Univ. March 9, 2005, co-sponsored by IT/The
PRESENT and The Task Force on Oral and Written Communication. Funding
for the development of LabWrite and workshop from the National Sciences
Foundation.
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2005/feb/labwrite022505.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/index_labwrite.htm
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Faculty On-campus
Outreach
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Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Calibrated Peer Review
(CPR) – exploring effectiveness for classroom writing in disciplines,
Fall 04, 05.
“Smart Grading,” workshop with Art History TAs,
February 05; Consultations with faculty in Food Sciences, Biological
Sciences;
Presentation to Biological Sciences Faculty
Meeting: Results of the ’05 Comprehensive Survey on Oral and Written
Communications: Where do We Go From Here?” February 9,05
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| Writing Center
Newsletter |
Dee Baer, Editor |
Newsletter designed to help UD Faculty incorporate
writing into their classrooms, “Faculty Innovators: Improving Student
Learning.” Vol. 5, issue 1, January 05. Including articles by Joshua
Duke, Food Resource Economics, Lou Rossi, Mathematics, and James Dean,
English.
http://www.english.udel.edu/wc/newsletter/newsletter_5.1.pdf
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Faculty Off-campus
Workshops
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George Watson, College
of A&S, Pam Beeman, College of Health
and Nursing Sciences
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
Steve Bernhardt, English
Dee Baer, WC Dorry
Ross, WC Steve
Bernhardt, English
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Wildacres Retreat, UNC-Charlotte, Summer 03
Writing Across the
Curriculum International Convention, St. Louis, Summer 04
Writing Program
Administrators National Conference, Newark, Summer 04. Participation in Annual Assessment
Workshop and poster presentation: “Going Where We’re Needed: WAC/WID on
a Shoestring.”
Mid Atlantic Writing Centers Association Annual
Conference, April 9, 05, panel presentation (Ross and Baer) Mission
Possible: Moving the Axis of the Writing Center into the Disciplines
Educause, Workshop on E-portfolios, Baltimore,
January 05. (Ross)
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=32&bhcp=1
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FIPSE project: Compare
writing of UD students with that of students on other campuses, 03, 04,
05
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Steve Bernhardt, English
MarthaCarothers,
CTE
Dee Baer, WC
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http://www.colum.edu/info/assessment/FIPSE/
Attend Conference on College Composition and
Communication FIPSE session, March 05, San Francisco (Baer)
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Service Learning
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Sue Serra, Center for
Service Learning Dorry Ross, WC
Dee Baer,
WC
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Consultation about needs for reflective writing
assignments, developed faculty tipsheet with addenda for the sciences
and engineering faculty
http://www.english.udel.edu/wc/staff/service%20learning.doc
http://www.english.udel.edu/wc/staff/sl_science.doc
http://www.ipa.udel.edu/servicelearning/
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Writing in the
Disciplines Library
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Dee Baer, WC Dorry
Ross, WC
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Providing resources
for writing in the disciplines for interested faculty
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Agriculture and
Natural Resources
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Pilot Portfolio
Assessment, Graduating Seniors
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John Dohms, Dean’s Office
Stephen Bernhardt, English
Dee Baer, WC
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CTE Instructional
Grant Linked Courses:
FREC 406 and FREC;
FREC 410 and FREC/LEST 450, FREC 167
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Titus Awokuse, Food and Resource Economics
Joshua Duke, Food and Resources
Economics
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Adding writing
activities and techniques to develop students’ critical thinking and to
assess learning outcomes across semesters.
Adding writing activities and techniques to
develop students’ critical thinking and to assess learning outcomes
across semesters. Follow up in winter and spring 05 to clarify and
develop assignments and rubrics for FREC 167 & FREC 406 Spring 05:
http://www.udel.edu/FREC/duke/A/FREC16705S.pdf
http://www.udel.edu/FREC/awokuse/web/FREC406_webpage.htm
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CTE Instructional
Grant Interdisciplinary communication: collaborative learning between
food science (FOSC 628) and mathematics (MATH 512)
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Lou Rossi, Math
John Pelesko,
Math
Cathy Davies, Animal and Food Science
Steve Bernhardt, English,
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Adding
writing-to-learn assignments to encourage and assess collaborative
learning across disciplines, Summer, Fall 04:
http://www.math.udel.edu/~rossi/Math512/
Conducted a workshop with FOSC 628, 411 students
on writing and revising a scientific paper. Followed up with individual
and group consultations. 04,05 (Ross, Baer).
10 Style
Tips For Science (MS PowerPoint, 54KB)
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Arts and Sciences
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Linked courses: Art as
Social Activism (Art 114) and E110
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Virginia Bradley, Art
Ann Ardis, College of A&S
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Four sections of Art 114 and E110 are linked for
F04, so co-enrolled students read, write, study, and experience Art as
social
activism:
http://www.udel.edu/art/community/
Developed plans for four Fall 05 linked arts
sections with intent to do at least one field trip and to utilize the
Paul Jones Collection.
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Integrate Writing
Across the Art History Curriculum
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David Stone, DUGS, Art
History, Linda Pellecchia, Art History
Dee Baer, WC
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Developing plan for
FYE that integrates writing and research in the context of Art History,
taught by Art Faculty, for first year art students. Followed by second
year writing intensive course for majors, Spring, Fall 04; continued
discussions, Spring 05.
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Survey Biological
Sciences faculty on writing practices
Faculty Consultation and Student Support
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David Smith, Biology
David Usher, Biology Steve Bernhardt,
English Dee Baer, WC Dorry Ross WC
Ross, WC
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Online survey completed 04. Data compiled and
distributed to Biological Sciences Faculty. Faculty meeting
presentation by Dee Baer and discussion on “Where do we Go From Here,”
February 9, 05.
Follow-up meetings with R. Hodson and
undergraduate Lab Assistant, Spring 05.
LabWrite: Helping Students Learn Science Through
Writing. A three-hour Workshop led by Mike Carter and Miriam Ferzli of
North Carolina State Univ, March 9, 2005, co-sponsored by IT/The
PRESENT and TheTask Force on Oral and Written Communication. Funding
for the development of Lawrite and presentation from NSF.
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2005/feb/labwrite022505.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/index_labwrite.htm
Workshop on Peer-Editing BISC 498, Fall 04;
Outside Reader, modeling Peer-review on first round of papers, BISC
498, Spring 05
Peer Review (MS
Word, 118KB)
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Assess outcomes in E110: Critical Reading and Writing: exit surveys, focus
groups, pre and post testing 03, 04
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John Jebb, English
Dee Baer, WC
Steve Bernhardt, English
Dee Baer
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http://www.english.udel.edu/wc/e110assessment/
Pilot online student evaluations Fall 04. All Engl
110 evaluations to be online beginning Spring 05.
Roundtable discussion with English 110
instructors, assessing assignments and sequencing, April 14, 05
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Student evaluations
for E110 sections with communications emphasis
04-05
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Dee Baer, WC
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Results will be analyzed 04 to revise the course
for spring. Two sections offered Spring 05.
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State departmental
expectations for writing in the discipline, 03
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James Brophy, History
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Skill
level memo (MS Word)
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CTE Instructional
Grant Interdisciplinary communication: engineering and math in Math
Modeling/Experimentation in capstone course 03-04
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Louis Rossi, Math
John Pelesko, Math
MEC Lab (modeling, experiment, and computation)
Steve Bernhardt, English
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http://www.math.udel.edu/~rossi/courses
/2001_fall/Math512/
http://www.math.udel.edu/MECLAB/People/people1.htm
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CTE Instructional Grant Interdisciplinary
communication: collaborative learning between food science (FOSC 628)
and mathematics (MATH 512) Summer and Fall 04, 05
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Lou Rossi, Math
John Pelesko, Math
Cathy Davies, Animal and Food Science
Steve Bernhardt, English,
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Adding writing-to-learn assignments to encourage
and assess collaborative learning across disciplines
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Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
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Cherie Dotson, NUCLEUS
Access Program,
Dorry Ross, WC,
Gilda Kelsey WC
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Set up 3-workshop
series to develop personal statements for graduate, medical, and dental
school applications for students in NUCLEUS program, University Writing
Center will implement,
Fall 04, Spring 05
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Foreign Languages and
Literature
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Gilda Kelsey, WC,
Hans-Jörg Busch,
Susan McKenna,
Suzanne Tierney-Gula
Dorry Ross, WC
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Conducted workshop on
using writing-to-learn activities and formal writing assignments to
enhance learning in foreign language labs, Fall 04
Add Writing To Course, In Class Sessions on Writing, Fall 04,
Consultation, FLTT 330 Spring 05
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Art History
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Linda Pellucchia, Art History,
Dee Baer, WC
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Developing a
first-year course for art history majors, with an emphasis on
writing, Fall 05, continuing discussions Spring 05.
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UNIV 601, 602, Higher
Education Teaching Certificate
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Gabriele Bauer, CTE,
Dorry Ross, WC
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Conducted class and
provided resources on portfolios for student assessment, Fall 04.
Conducted a class, “Low-stakes Writing,” Spring 05
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English
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Dee Baer, WC Dorry
Ross, WC Charlene Bunnell, English |
“Approaches to E110: Using Problem Based
Learning,” a workshop for English faculty, March 05
Problem-Based Learning
(MS PowerPoint, 130KB)
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Business and
Economics
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Integrated FYE
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Chris Kydd, Business
and Econ
John Sawyer, Management
Steve Bernhardt, English
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Emphasis on oral and
written communication, reading and research skills, in new introduction
to business studies course, linked to special sections of E110 and Comm. (public speaking and team communication).
Continued discussions Winter 05, Spring 05.
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Outcomes
Assessment/Accreditation Review
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John Sawyer,
Management
Tom Becker, Business and Econ
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
Debby Andrews, English
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Assesses communication
skills of business majors in anticipation of accreditation review.
Review of Waypoint™ (online grading system) as tool to assess
student writing and learning over time, Fall 04
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Portfolios for
assessment
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Tom Becker, Business
and Econ,
Stuart Shapiro, Business and Econ,
Steve Bernhardt, English,
Dee Baer, WC,
Dorry Ross, WC,
Erin Sicuranza, IT
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Discussed and
evaluated ways of using portfolios for writing assessment in classrooms
and in college, Fall 04
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Pilot Portfolio
Assessment, Graduating Seniors
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Jack Baroudi, Dean’s Office
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CHEP
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Linked course: Art as
Social Activism (Art 114) and E110
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Virginia Bradley, Art
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Four sections of Art
114 and E110 are linked for F04, so co-enrolled students read, write,
study, and experience Art as social activism.
Coordinate English sections with Art Department,
Spring, Fall 05.
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CTE Instructional
Grant Service Learning Introduction to Hospitality (HRIM
180)
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Pam Cummings, HRIM
Brian Miller, HRIM
Dorry Ross, WC
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Adding
writing-to-learn and structured reflective writing
components to course, Summer 04
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CTE Instructional
Grant (HRIM 382), Hospitality Managerial Accounting Practice Set
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George Conrade, HRIM
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Using sequenced
writing and collaborative review to improve student’s professional
writing and quantitative literacy, Fall 04
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Public Policy |
Jeff Raffel,
Director, School of Urban Affairs Dorry Ross, WC
Margaret Wilder, UAPP
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Conducted a class, “Organizing Writing for Theses
and Dissertations,” Spring 05, UAPP867
http://www.udel.edu/suapp/degrees/mauapp/writingreq.htm
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Engineering
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Identify competencies,
map to curriculum, assess outcomes
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Michael Chajes, CEE
Dee Baer, WC
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Curricular matrix
ABET
Documentation Pages
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Linked course:
Environments and Society Fall, 04
CIEG 125 or CIEG 135
ENGL 110 069
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Steve Dentel, CEE
Dee Baer, WC
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Introductory linked courses for students from all
disciplines to introduce students through intensive reading, writing,
discussion and projects to issues concerning the environment and
society. Additional emphasis on visual literacy, Fall 04:
http://ce.udel.edu/~dentel/135.html
http://www.english.udel.edu/dbaer/110_069.html
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Pilot Portfolio
Assessment, Graduating Seniors, 04
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Michael Chajes, CEE
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Health and Nursing
Sciences
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Integration of writing
into distance education curricula
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Pam Beeman, Nursing
Steve Bernhardt, English,
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross WC
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Ongoing discussions
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Marine Studies
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CTE Instructional
Grant 2004 MAST 200
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Nancy Targett,
MAST
Dee Baer, WC
Dorry Ross, WC
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Introducing writing-to-learn activities to improve
quantitative literacy in intro course. Follow up discussions, Winter
05.
Integrating
Communication Tip Sheet (PDF)
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