In this episode, we unpack the genre of ePortfolios and their value for teaching and learning with Miami instructors Beth Reed and Julie Szucs. Drawing from their experiences participating in Faculty Learning Communities on ePortfolios through the HCWE, we share ideas for implementing and scaffolding ePortfolio assignments and what students can do with these compositions at the university and beyond.

Resources on ePortfolios or Mentioned in the Episode

• Across the Disciplines special issue, ePortfolios Across the Disciplines
• AAC&U: ePortfolios
• Presentation by Dr. Randy Bass on ePortfolios

Check out additional resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our third episode, we are joined by two Miami instructors, Jen Bulanda and Anne Whitesell, to continue our discussion of op-eds and their usefulness for helping students write to public audiences on issues of interest to them. Anne and Jen offer different perspectives on how and why op-eds can be designed and taught as an assignment and why they are useful for students’ learning and writing.

Resources on Op-Eds/Mentioned in the Episode

• Write to Vote Project
• How to Write a Compelling OpEd_0 (1).pdf
• The Miami Student
• The Howe Writing Center: make an appointment

Check out additional resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our second episode features Miami student Meredith Perkins, who has written op-eds for various newspapers, to discuss this genre as an important means for sharing your voice and perspective and engaging public audiences and strategies for organizing your ideas from her experiences learning how to write and publish them.

Resources on Op-Eds

• Write to Vote Project

Resources Mentioned in the Episode

• The Miami Student
• Meredith's personal writing portfolio websites: meredithwrotethis.com & https://sites.google.com/view/meredithwrotethis/home
• The Howe Writing Center: make an appointment

Check out additional resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.