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  • Innovative Teaching Showcase
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  • By Theme and Year
    • Teaching for Tolerance (2010-11)
    • Planning for Large Classes (2009-10)
    • Faculty Learning Communities (2008-09)
    • Creating a Culture of Writing (2007-08)
    • Teaching for a Sustainable Future (2006-07)
    • Educating Global Citizens (2005-06)
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  • By Instructor
    • A-L
      • Apel, Kenn
      • Brennan, Scott
      • Brown, Nicole
      • Burton, Brian
      • Bussell, Mark
      • Dietrich, Dawn
      • Dodd, June
      • Estrada, Larry
      • French, Kristen
      • Geisler, Marc
      • Greer, Deborah
      • Gynan, Shaw
      • Hammond, Joyce
      • Hansen, Thor
      • Harwood, Angie
      • Heckathorn, Jill
      • Hoover, Ken
      • Janson, Carol
      • Kanov, Jason
      • Landel, Garolyn
      • Lapsansky, Janice
      • Lockhart, Julie A.
    • M-Z
      • Mana, Mike
      • Mitchell, Robert
      • Neem, Johann
      • Nelson, George "Pinky"
      • Nielsen, Carolyn
      • Newcomer, Jeff
      • Oslapas, Arunas P.
      • Perry, Tara
      • Pilgrim, Tim
      • Richards, Marc
      • Roelofs, Matthew
      • Sapin, Julia
      • Saunders, Kathleen
      • Shull, David
      • Smeins, Linda
      • Stelling, Pete
      • Symons, Larry
      • Tag, Stan
      • Vajda, Edward
      • Wang, Grace A.
      • Young, Kathleen

Writing Resources

Our Writing Resources pages include web-based resources on writing resources in higher education.

Writing Links and Information

• Resources at the Writing Instruction Support Program, WWU
  Explore this excellent resource for creating writing assignments, responding to writers, evaluating writing, editing, and much more. The Writing Instruction Support (WIS) program provides direct assistance to faculty who are teaching writing courses or who incorporate writing into their courses.
• Writing Center, WWU
  The Writing Center assists faculty in supporting student writing by presenting in-class demonstrations, conducting class-specific workshops, or a doing one-on-one writing conferences.
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (Non-Purdue College Level Instructors and Students)
  Resource categories include process, rhetoric and logic, different kinds of essay genres, and citation.
• Creating Effective Writing Assignments, MIT Online Writing and Communication Center

Citation Styles

• APA (American Psychological Association)
• Quick Reference for APA Citations, Western Libraries, WWU
• APA Formatting and Style Guide, Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• MLA (Modern Language Association)
• MLA Quick Guide, Wilson Library, WWU
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide, Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Quick Reference for Chicago Manual of Style, Western Libraries, WWU
• Chicago Manual of Style Guide, Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Blackboard Tools that Support Writing

• Blog, Academic Technology, WWU
• Journal, Academic Technology, WWU
• Digital Drop Box, Academic Technology, WWU
• Discussion Forum, Academic Technology, WWU
• Discussion Thread, Academic Technology, WWU
• Creating Tests, Academic Technology, WWU

See also:

• Plagiarism Policies & Guidelines @ WWU, Western Libraries
• Curricular examples from the Innovative Teaching Showcase:
  Creating a Culture of Writing
• CIIA's Bibliography of teaching and learning books and materials