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by Christie Allred I taught an accelerated (advancing students at a faster rate using varied instructional strategies) ESOL class this past semester. Taught? Well, yes, but I also worked really hard with students that...
Today, the Excelsior OWL expanded its Writing Refresher resource by releasing four refresher modules on APA style. The modules cover the following topics: in-text citations, references, formatting, and style. Each module is a stand-alone...
by Michael Winters Arguing with someone online, particularly strangers, is often a fruitless endeavor that usually leads to annoyance and deeper hatred for the opinion of the people on the other side. This occurs...
February 2018 was a record-breaking month for the Excelsior OWL. Usage data from Google Analytics reveal that the OWL hit new records for total monthly users, sessions, and page views (see Table 1). These...
by Eileen Hart Before the fall semester, I planned a new approach to using the Excelsior University Online Writing Lab (OWL) as an Open Educational Resource (OER) in a college writing course designed for...
by Eileen Hart Deciding to use the Excelsior University Online Writing Lab (OWL) as an Open Educational Resource (OER) involves abandoning the comfortable confines of a structured textbook to explore the wide-open possibilities of...
by Judi Salsburg Taylor The connection between reading and writing is akin to the link between breath and air. Unless we are consciously noticing our breathing—for example, when swimming underwater, meditating, or outmaneuvering the...
by Brian Newberry, PhD What Is an OER? Open Education Resources (OER) are being adopted, and created, at an increasing rate. Some colleges are creating entire degree or certificate programs based on the use...
by Dr. Francesco Crocco The Excelsior OWL recently launched a new section on Writing in the Disciplines (WID), which supports the teaching of genre-specific writing and reading skills. Developed in partnership with Excelsior’s Writing...
By Patti Croop Even if Socrates was correct in his assessment that writing breeds forgetfulness, I would happily forego a little memorization in exchange for the critical thinking inherent in a taut essay. Unfortunately,...