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Spring 2008, Spring 2009

This writing-intensive, 4-credit, online course attracted graduate and undergraduate students from Scientific & Technical Communication, Organizational Communication, Biology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Urban Studies, Electrical Engineering, and Political Science.  The class worked together to plan and create an extensive wiki on scientific and technical aspects of the 35W bridge collapse. In the process, we explored a variety of technologies that facilitate asynchronous organizational interaction, such as Basecamp, Twitter, Thinkature, and deli.cio.us.  As of fall 2008, further work on the project is being proposed under a Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant.

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Spring 2007

This online course introduces students from a variety of majors to digital literacy practices and issues. We covered one issue and application each week, examining our interactions with technology and the Internet from a variety of critical perspectives. Students produced individual work in various formats, including web comics, podcasts, videos, image collages, avatars, blog posts, and wiki entries.

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Sample Student Work:

• Acroventures comic by M. Krieger
• The Podosphere Blues (mp3) by A. Rannallo

Fall 2005, Spring/Fall 2006, Spring/Summer 2007

This traditional classroom course offers instruction in public speaking techniques, rhetorical theories, and presentation design to students from a variety of majors. Students complete informative, instructive, persuasive, and argumentative talks. Special attention is given to current presentation styles influenced by Lawrence Lessig, Steve Jobs, and Garr Reynolds, as well as integrating video and audio into slides. Multimedia lectures are frequently included, as is an extensive course website.

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Sample final argumentative presentations:

• The Importance of Teaching Evolutionary Theory by S. McGraw
• In Defense of Ugly Animals by S. McDonnell

Fall 2004, Spring/Summer 2005, Fall 2007

This 4-credit, writing intensive, required course instructs students in basic organizational writing genres.  In recent semesters, the small-group instructions assignment has transitioned from paper-based reports to wikis that include digital images and, occasionally, video or animations.  I have had the opportunity to teach the course online, in traditional classrooms, and in computer classrooms.

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Sample student work:

• small-group instructional wiki on Joseph the Technicolor Elephant by D. Bray, M. Neuman, and M. Gaffney
• initial proposal and recommendation report for implementing complementary medicine education kiosks at area Walgreen’s locations by J. Cao
  

2003—2004

This course was the pilot development for online first-year writing instruction in the department. It provided a survey of basic writing genres, including correspondance, descriptions, and several forms of expository essays. Additionally, students developed individual blogs and posted weekly reflective entries.

Teaching Assistant to Charles Anderson, Spring/Fall 2003
Introduction to Nonfiction (RHET 3317)
Course Theme: Immersion Writing
Web-based course required for Professional and Technical Writing major
Collaborative course design with Dr. Anderson

Teaching Assistant to Lawrence Coleman, Fall 2002, Spring/Summer 2003
Introduction to Astronomy (ASTR 1301)
Introduction to Astronomy Lab (ASTR 1101)
Web-based core curriculum course
Responsible for editing course content, creating course FAQs, facilitating online discussions, grading student work