imackenzie – Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, New Teaching Portfolios: Carmen Cristea, Français, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 6 days, 17 hours ago

WID a été pour moi à la fois un vrai défi et une grande opportunité. Si je devais résumer en quelques mots ce que cette expérience m’a apporté, ce serait tout d’abord une grande ouverture d’esprit. Il s’agit ouv […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, New Teaching Portfolios: Sonia Zylberberg, Religion, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Over the course of the WID fellowship, I came across many ideas that caught my interest and enthusiasm. In thinking about my WID portfolio, I realized I wanted to put into practice all (or at least some) of […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Physics-WID Project: Spring Update, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 4 months, 1 week ago

Over the W17 semester, Nadim Boukhira and Jean-François Brière have been creating and refining physics lab activities that simulate authentic scientific inquiry.

The project began with interviews with s […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, WID Spring Institute 2017 – May 30 & May 31, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 4 months, 1 week ago

WID will offer two different workshops this year for the Spring Institute:

Tuesday, May 30 (Room 3F.3 – 9am-12.30pm, light breakfast included)

More Learning, Less Grading: Feedback Strategies that Improve […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Call for Participants: Faculty Writing Fellows F2017-W2018, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Call for Participants for the F2017-W2018 Faculty Writing Fellows is now open. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Interested faculty should review the program objectives, application p […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Creativity and Assignment Design – F2016 English Department Workshops, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 7 months, 1 week ago

The English WID Creativity Project held two stimulating and well attended workshops in the Fall 2016 semester, the first in September and the second in December after the end of classes. The workshops, growing out […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Writing and Studio Practice: OACDU Workshop Visual Recap, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 7 months, 1 week ago

Led by OCADU teachers Nicole Brown, Saskia van Kampen and Catherine Black, Dawson faculty work on a talking-writing-sketching challenge: One person talking to describe an object, one person transcribing the […]

Ian MacKenzie created the site Physics WID Project W2017 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, New WID Co-director: Anne Thorpe, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

We’re happy to announce that Anne Thorpe (Humanities) is the new WID@Dawson Co-director. Anne will work with Ian MacKenzie (English) on the Faculty Writing Fellows project, and on the expansion of WID […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Call for Faculty Writing Fellows – Fall 2012, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Fall 2012 Call for Applicants is now open. To apply, view the full Call and then send a brief application letter to Anne Thorpe at athorpe@dawsoncollege.qc.ca Browse here for more info on the Faculty […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, The Other Mr. Bean…, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The other Mr Bean – John C. Bean – hails from Seattle U, and is the author of Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. This book […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Reading Strategies for Effective Learning: A WID–Humanities Workshop, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Helping students to read successfully at the college level — with understanding, insight, and engagement — is an ongoing challenge for teachers. Led by WID Writing Fellows, this two-part workshop will take place […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Café WID — Ped Day October 12 — 10.30-11.30 7A.6, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Café WID is a “world café” session featuring Writing Fellows from departments across the college. You’ll have an opportunity to browse 7 different discussions over the course of an hour, picking up some new, […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, New Resource Database for Disciplinary Writing, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

In collaboration with McGill Libraries and McGill Teaching and Learning Services, WID is now particpating in the development of a database of resources for disciplinary writing and writing instruction in […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, What Is WID?, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Writing in the Disciplines?
What is WID? “Writing to Learn” and “Learning to Write”

WID is grounded in the insights of the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum movement, which sees writing not merely as a […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Five Steps to Better Student Writing?, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

I met Roger Graves a few years ago at a conference, and he is an entirely sensible individual. So when I happened upon a recent short piece by Roger in University Affairs, “Five strategies to improve writing in […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Writing and Active Learning with Social Media: A WID-ALC Workshop with Chris Buddle (McGill Natural Resource Sciences), on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Join us at in 3F.36 at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 27 for a WID-ALC workshop on enhancing inquiry-based learning through the use of blogging and social media.

Our guest will be Chris Buddle, associate […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Research Sightings: Writing with Tablets in Higher Ed, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

As the semester got underway this fall, you may have noticed an increase in the number of students in your classes who were working on tablets for reading texts, taking notes, and drafting assignments – when […]

Ian MacKenzie wrote a new post, Research Sightings: Cloud-based Writing with Draft, on the site Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson College 9 months, 2 weeks ago

It counts more as “stumbling upon” than “research,” but this past spring I discovered Draft, the cloud-based word-processing software developed by Nate Kontny, a programmer geek who, so far, is better known as an […]