This workshop analyzes criteria for evaluating scholarly work; explores strategies for identifying worthwhile, publishable topics and fundable grants; engages participants in career planning; and reviews important resources for faculty. Participants draft a Career Research Plan.

This workshop explores the generative power of daily writing and the habits and attitudes of successful academic authors, and the advantages of thinking rhetorically and logging writing sessions. Participants explore their composing and creative processes.

Participants draft a Document Planner for completing a specific research project and they set up rewards for writing daily and logging daily writing.

This workshop emphasizes invention & research heuristics. Participants experiment with a variety of invention strategies, including the use of visuals, question heuristics, concept mapping, brainstorming, meditation, and library research to invent and develop ideas.

Participants freewrite about various invention strategies and explore the benefits of using a Research Manager and Planner

This workshop includes a discussion of collaboration strategies, especially ways to use MS Word, Wikis, and Blogs to facilitate collaboration. Participants exchange comments on a coauthored document using Word, two wiki spaces, SharePoint, and a Blog.

This workshop provides an overview of how to save time by using software tools to manage documents, develop ideas, collaborate, research, organize, design, revise, edit, cite, and archive documents. 

Depending on the needs and interests of participants (and how much time is available for the workshop), we will survey a variety of tools or focus on one or two tools, such as FrontPage, SharePoint, Open Wiki, Sushi Wiki. Pertinent resource links are provided to guide participants' exploration of the tools. 

Write in open and shusi wiki environments.

Explore writing environments, software tools, faculty research portfolios. Discuss security issues, document management principles, and organizational strategies for e-portfolios.

Employ stylistic and editing guidelines to improve documents.

Note: Please bring a copy of a two-page document that you recently wrote for editing.

Review style and readability guidelines and then edit sample passages line-by-line.

Explore the NDLTD, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.  Consider best policies for implementing ETDs. Sample exemplary ETDs and the NDLTD Union Catalog.

Consider a variety of ways to incorporate write-to-learn activities into your teaching.  The workshop addresses assignment making, evaluation, guidelines for collaborative work, and suggestions for handling the paper load.
 

Evaluate successful learning community models, rationale, and administrative issues. Use writing to integrate the curriculum.