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By Francesco CroccoOnline Writing Labs (OWLs) have been a standard feature of the online learning community for many decades now. Purdue University launched the first OWL back in 1994 during the early days of...
By Brian Newberry, Ph.D.Open Education Resources such as the Excelsior OWL can be used in a variety of ways. Thinking about the OWL specifically, it might be used as a reference, as content for...
How To Use The OWL To Help Students Navigate Source CredibilityBy Elizabeth Johnson, PhDIn 2015, Oxford Dictionaries awarded the term “post truth” as word of the year, defending their choice by arguing that “post-truth...
A guest post by Michael WintersAt the Valencia College West Campus Writing Center in Orlando, Florida, the Excelsior University Online Writing Lab (OWL) is not only used to help students, but to make sure...
Across the country, spring is blooming. Each morning, one is greeted by birds singing, bees buzzing, trees sprouting new leaves, flowers budding, and the grass growing longer and greener. Spring provides the world with...
The semester is winding down and your term paper is due in less than a week, but you have no idea how to write one! Sound familiar? No problem. Excelsior University offers a nationally-acclaimed, free resource for...
A guest post by Bonny Kehm, PhD, RNWriting is an expectation in nursing. There are a variety of different types of writing used by nurses, from writing patient reports and charts, to writing for...
The OWL was built for students. In this interview, find out how the OWL is a resource that’s on your side.
Each semester, as I wrap up my writing course at Excelsior, I ask my students an important question to consider: How does the writing you have done in this course translate into writing skills...
Open Educational Resources can be a little daunting for teachers. It’s hard to know what’s out there, and once you figure that out, it’s hard to know how to use the resources. If you’re...