Group work and collaboration are buzz words for almost every job on the market right now, but not all industries center writing and communication in the same way that we do as technical communicators. So, how do we expose students in the sciences (for example) to the multifaceted topic of collaboration? In chapter 9 of Read More…
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Hidden; Not Invisible
Imagine you’re entering into a new job and it’s your first day of work. The Human Resources Rep. hands you a hefty employee handbook, a list of so many dos and don’ts. The obvious ones to you, could be oblivious to others. The hidden arguments within the company book will only be implied to actual Read More…
Creating a Space for Participatory Hospitality in Our Classroom.
So what is participatory hospitality? It’s certainly a mouthful. But beyond that, it is the result of merging the qualities of academic hospitality and guided participation. How can we expect our students to participate in our classrooms when they don’t feel comfortable doing so? Hospitality is centered in the relationship of self and others on Read More…
Can They See Me if I’m Not on a Screen?
It is widely believed that the presence of technology in educational spaces can be both a blessing and a curse. I say technology is what you and your students make it out to be. Assessing technology and its use in the classroom is the main focus in the chapter Participation as Reflective Practice: Digital composing Read More…
An Invitation to Participate: What, How, and Why
Charles Dickens bored the crap out of me in high school. I missed a section of reading one night, and even though I knew our English teacher wouldn’t allow me to retake her reading quiz, I went to class the next day in fine spirits. Looking down at five open response questions I couldn’t answer, Read More…
How Does Student Feedback Influence Class Participation?
As an instructor, walking into a classroom full of students who are eager to participate is always the goal, however, it is not always achieved. While we understand that, in some circumstances, coaxing participation from our students may often be out of our hands, as rainy days, early morning classes, or the occasional off day Read More…
Goldilocks and the Three Standards: Intellectual Participation in the Classroom
As teaching fellows, we often quantify our work by audience participation. However, while participation is just fine, intellectual participation is a standard of excellence that many strive to achieve. How do we define intellectual participation visually? Verbally? Physically? And how do we measure intellectual participation in the classroom?
Queering Student Participation
How does a classroom build around the identities of it’s queer students? “Queering Student Participation: Whispers, Echoes, Rants, and Memory,” by Matthew Cox explores the way in which queer idenitfying student’s classroom experience is impacted by their identity.
queering participation
Embedded in “queer” is the notion of disruption, so what does this mean for participation and our relationship to it as instructors? What does it mean to be “queer”? In “Queering Student Participation: Whispers, Echoes, Rants, and Memory,” Matthew Cox defines queer in two main ways: first, as a catch-all term for anyone who’s LBGT; Read More…
Is There Any Inherent Value in Grading for Participation?
by: Amanda Rioux Why do we grade for participation? Does grading for participation, as a practice, have any inherent value? What is participation, anyway? These are the types of questions that drove Critel’s research. Although she never got the chance to answer those questions in full, many of her colleagues, including Obermark, took up the reins after Read More…