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May 1, 2024

Navigating Your Nursing Journey: Pursuing a Degree Online at Excelsior University

Here at the Excelsior OWL, we realize that many of our users are not students of Excelsior University. With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to highlight one of our degree...

OWL for Educators

January 8, 2024

Less Is More When Grading Papers

For many instructors, grading papers can be a tedious task. Do you ever tire of underlining comma splices or circling misplaced modifiers? Do you wonder how you will ever teach your students about subject-verb...

The Writing Process

December 11, 2019

Creating Effective Class Presentations Using the Excelsior OWL Presentation Resources

Written by Anna Zendell, PhD, MSW As I review the syllabus with my students, they quickly realize that I have assigned a voice over class presentation. Immediately, I feel their twinges of apprehension. However,...

The Writing Process

October 2, 2019

Just Like a Conversation

Written by Linda Armstrong Students are often confused as to how to write a discussion post. I use a trick that guarantees a good post. I think of talking with a friend. I just...

OWL for Educators

September 19, 2019

Embedding APA Refresher Content in an Online Orientation Course

Written by Teri Gergen, EdD, OTR/L An essential feature of any institution of higher learning is a commitment to maintaining an atmosphere of intellectual integrity and academic honesty. Health science students are expected to...

Online Reading Comprehension Lab

July 1, 2019

The Professor’s Perch: Questioning – As American as Apple Pie

By Dr. Francesco Crocco The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. As we bear down...

The Writing Process

June 24, 2019

The Professor’s Perch: Quit Facebook and Start Writing Again with Prewriting Strategies

Argument and Critical Thinking

June 18, 2019

The Professor’s Perch: Don’t Be Fooled by Logical Fallacies

Online Reading Comprehension Lab

June 17, 2019

Using Concept Maps when Previewing before Reading

By Dr. David C. Caverly This piece is republished from Dr. David C. Caverly’s Website with the author’s permission. An important lesson I have learned over 40 years of teaching strategic reading to college...

Grammar & Style

June 10, 2019

The Professor’s Perch: Summer’s Here and It’s Time for a Writing Refresher

Online Reading Comprehension Lab

May 31, 2019

The Professor’s Perch: Sorry Bookstores, It’s Time to Start Annotating

The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. Many OWL users are unfamiliar with the fact...