https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign Working as a table, discuss 1) how you would begin to redesign an individual class session and then 2) how you might redesign the experience of writing in a course. How can we improve these? en-us 2017-01-07 16:02:26 UTC 2017-01-08 00:37:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830651 Start with how to research scholarly articles, read, discuss, unpack, analyze, distill. ]]> 2017-01-07 21:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830651 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830661 An individual class session could appropriately be redesigned with various writing opportunities throughout each class with different goals and objectives assigned to each.]]> 2017-01-07 21:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830661 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830709 2017-01-07 21:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830709 brandi_augenstein https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830728 2017-01-07 21:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830728 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830782 Begin with clear expectations of Quality over Quantity. First night of class, we spend 10 minutes discussing this famous quote by Blaise Pascal:

“Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.”
(“I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.”)
—Blaise Pascal, French Mathematician & Philosopher, Lettres Provinciales, Letter 16, 1657.

This is the first prompt on the first writing assignment we have in MALT-652. We expect *ONE* TOP NOTCH page of excellence (as Pascal laments above that he had not the time to accomplish) rather than several pages of "fluff".
Also: Peer competition is fair & healthy: Lay out expectations that the top performance on each assignment will be used as the benchmark upon which all other students' work will be compared. This always seems to magically motivate students to perform much closer to their capability rather than count on me "graciously" grading with low-expectation "kindness." Fair competition motivates excellence.]]> 2017-01-07 21:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830782 brandi_augenstein https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830792 2017-01-07 21:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830792 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830797 Redesigning the writing experience should be a collaborative effort among both faculty and students, with an allowance for change where one is warranted. Not given to change, but open to a new more reflective and excellent way.]]> 2017-01-07 21:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830797 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830812 Assign a writing at the beginning of term. As more ideas have been generated, students will revise and rewrite the same paper. They will also have to focus their ideas and make it more concise. ]]> 2017-01-07 21:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830812 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830820 2017-01-07 21:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830820 brandi_augenstein https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830891 2017-01-07 21:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830891 https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830899 2017-01-07 21:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830899 brandi_augenstein https://padlet.com/sstevens_ursoe/redesign/wish/145830903
Teach them the WHY so they will endure the HOW.

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