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By Casey Reid Starting this fall, many colleges and universities across Oregon are beginning the transition to new first-year writing course descriptions and outcomes that better align with the 2014 Council of Writing Program...
By Christie Allred I can’t count the number of times I’ve told my students “writing will help you not only in this class, but in all your classes; and really… in life.” I’d throw...
In this series of articles, the OWL team interview students and instructors about the Excelsior Online Writing Lab and finds out more about how this unique platform provides an invaluable resource to help improve...
By Francesco Crocco Online 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...
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...
How To Use The OWL To Help Students Navigate Source Credibility By Elizabeth Johnson, PhD In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries awarded the term “post truth” as word of the year, defending their choice by arguing...
A guest post by Michael Winters At 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...
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...
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...