Writing Across the Curriculum Online: Participatory Rubrics and Review Tools 

Presenter: Joanne Addison

Organization: CU Denver

Track: Discussion

Topic: eBooks

Level: Intermediate

Abstract: This session is for teachers from any discipline who want to incorporate traditional or emerging genres in online and computer classrooms in efficient and effective ways using genre analysis and participatory rubrics (i.e., formative and summative rubrics students design with you). The discussion will first address the ways that a more critical understanding of rubrics may lead not only to improved formative and summative assessment but also to community building in online and/or computer-based classrooms. We will also discuss the ways that the use of rubrics when employing a program like Eli Review across an entire program can result in the collection of big data that can lead to improved teaching and learning. This may be especially true in writing assignments (small and large, traditional and multimedia) across the curriculum. We will share best practices, discuss common issues, and map more robust plans for rubrics in our classrooms and across programs.

Bio: Joanne Addison is an Associate Professor in CU Denver's Department of English who has been teaching online and in computer classrooms for over 24 years. She developed the first computer classrooms specifically for writing instruction on the CU Denver campus, designed one of the first online courses taught on the CU Denver campus, built a fully online English Writing degree and continues to be engaged in multimodal/digitized instructional efforts on many levels. Much of her teaching and research focuses on writing across the curriculum in virtual spaces.

Description: This workshop is not dependent on any particular LMS or software. Participants will only need computers with access to the internet and their email accounts should they wish to send themselves any internet-based material we access during the session as well as any documents them create.