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How to Acknowledge the Online in an Online Course Syllabus
When I teach online courses, I have come to value the benefits of including a relatively short, but direct statement in my course syllabi about the nature of online learning for my graduate and undergraduate students. Before enrolling, some (most?) students have considered the differences between face-to-face learning and online courses, but it is also … Read more
Charlotte Lewis on the Open Road (circa 1937)
We have all read Kerouac’s “On the Road”. There is a wonderful passage in Part 1 when Kerouac explains: “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or … Read more
Composition Forum (Fall 2012): Threshold Concepts, Learning, and Movement
Check out my recent co-authored publication: (Fall, 2012). Threshold Concepts, Learning, and Movement: A Case Study in Two General Education Courses. Composition Forum (special issue on transfer). (26). <http://compositionforum.com/issue/26/>. “This article ultimately suggests that threshold concepts might prove a productive frame through which to consider questions related to writing and transfer, and also to general … Read more
The Work Spaces and Places of Writing Teachers, Researchers, and Administrators
Our Workplace Snapshots I was recently inspired by the discovery and playfulness of a blog: <http://nathanmeunier.com/2012/06/22/shop-talk-freelance-workspaces-volume-1/> that invites writers to send photographs and brief descriptions of the settings and spaces in which they work. As teachers, researchers, and administrators of writing, we all spend endless hours in these spaces writing and working. Many publications in … Read more
Thought, Desire, and the Movement of Other Things -A Poem by Damian C. Koshnick
Author holds rights to all content on this website. Author must give explicit written permission for reproduction/use of any content, whole or part, found on this site. Author can be contacted at: zolaloza@gmail.com. __________________________________________ Thought, Desire, and the Movement of Other Things By Damian C. Koshnick The peach is not in the bowl it used … Read more
What I Learned from Hiking the Grand Canyon for the First Time …
If you are going to hike the Grand Canyon in mid-May, you really have to start on the trail by sunrise, or no later than 6:00 am. We found that out the hard way when we left Flagstaff at 6:00 am, only to get to the south rim, and specifically the Hermit Trail to start … Read more
Always Things Passing – A Poem By Damian C. Koshnick
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Suzie and Crusoe -A Poem by Damian C. Koshnick
Author holds rights to all content on this website. Author must give explicit written permission for reproduction/use of any content, whole or part, found on this site. Author can be contacted at: zolaloza@gmail.com. __________________________________________ Suzie and Crusoe By Damian C. Koshnick “as if I had seen an apparition; I listened, I looked round me, I … Read more
An Interview with John Creger, author of the Personal Creed Project: Intuition and Enthusiasm in Teaching and Learning
This interview is part of a series of JMC interviews that follow up with winners of the James Moffett Memorial Award for Teacher Research given annually by NCTE’s CEE and the NWP. In 2001, when John Creger won that year’s Moffett Award, then CEE Chair Janet Swenson wrote that “the panel deemed Creger’s proposal ‘the … Read more
At Such an Angle -A Poem by Damian C. Koshnick
Author holds rights to all content on this website. Author must give explicit written permission for reproduction/use of any content, whole or part, found on this site. Author can be contacted at: zolaloza@gmail.com. __________________________________________ At Such an Angle By Damian C. Koshnick This poem was written [Thursday, May 13, 2009] in response to the Jesusita … Read more
