·         Writing Program Office (WPO)

·         University Center for Learning Assistance (UCLA)

Writing Instructor/Tutor Orientation (WPO/UCLA)

Various Presenters

Scoring the Baseline Writing Assessment (WPO)

Presenter: Dr. Maurice Sharton

Invention Strategies for You and Your Students (WPO)

Presenter: Dr. Ken Lindbloom

Tutoring the ESL Student (UCLA)

Presenter: Kasia Stadnik

Technical Writing Research Presentations (STC)

Fall 2001

EAF 401: Administering Educational Technology

A graduate-level course focused on leadership issues related to the role of technology in promoting student learning and professional growth and supporting management/leadership in educational organizations (Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards 2-10 and 3-8).

Spring 2001

EAF 428: Asynchronous Learning Environments

World's first (1994) totally asynchronous (independent of space and time) online graduate-level course for educators. The asynchronous nature of this course gives students a real-life opportunity to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the new educational paradigm from the perspective of both a student and an educator. Since students from all over the world take this course, even one meeting would be impossible for remote students. After the successful completion of this course, students will be able to create and evaluate online asynchronous learning environments.

Fall 2001

ENG 400: English Teaching Seminar

This course is designed for new instructors to engage in some of the theoretical principles that underlie the teaching of composition at Illinois State University. Course helps student demonstrate progress towards becoming a reflective practitioner by making entries in reflective journals, participating on the Web board discussions, and creating a teaching portfolio. In addition, students’ design and share classroom activities and assignment sequences that are both theoretically and pedagogically sound, by critically assessing classroom activities and units designed by other new instructors. The challenges that arise in composition classrooms are discussed in a professional and productive manner.

ENG 402: Composition Theory & Research

This course encourages students to recognize that all methods of teaching writing have theories behind them and that all kinds of teaching make significant assumptions about learning.  In addition, it provides a broad overview of the field of Composition Studies by giving students access to the major theories that underpin contemporary professional writing instruction.  Course helps students develop their own responsible theories of pedagogy for teaching writing.