Creating Habits of Mind: An Interview with Vicky I. Zygouris-Coe, Ph.D., Winner of the Schell Award for Implementing Innovative Writing Instruction in the Disciplines
Posted Apr. 24 by Landon Berry
As the 2017 WAC Fellows Showcase drew to a close, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Vicky I. Zygouris-Coe, Ph.D., a professor and Program Coordinator for UCF’s School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, and this year’s winner of the Schell Award for Implementing Innovative Writing Instruction in the Disciplines. Below is an abridged transcript of our conversation on her experiences participating in the WAC SOTL and WAC Fellows programs. What prompted you to apply to the WAC SOTL program? My efforts to learn more about the literacy demands of the discipline was my impetus to join. I wanted to learn… Read more »
A WAC Fellows Program Alumna Delivers A Webinar About Writing in her Discipline to a National Audience
Posted Mar. 30 by Pavel Zemliansky
UCF associate instructor Grazia Spina has delivered a webinar entitled Composition for Italian Instructors. The webinar was organized and hosted by the publisher Vista Higher Learning. Professor Spina is a long-time collaborator with the UCF WAC Program and a former UCF WAC Faculty Fellow. The writing assignments included in the webinar demonstrate a strong sense of purpose, audience, and contexts. They help students learn to write in Italian in new and creative ways. The recording of the webinar can be viewed by following the link below: https://vistahigherlearning.wistia.com/medias/663x9qxlr9
Associate Professor of History Dr. Daniel Murphree to Publish a WAC SOTL Article
Posted Mar. 13 by Pavel Zemliansky
Participants of last year’s WAC SOTL project continue to have the results of their research accepted for either publication in their fields’ journals or for presentation at conference. We consider this to be very important testament of our program’s success as it demonstrates UCF faculty’s deep engagement with WAC. In our last update, we told you about education faculty presenting their WAC SOTL research at two national conference. Today, we are very pleased to announce that associate professor of history Dr. Daniel Murphree’s article “Flipping the University Classroom: A Three Year Analysis of Methods and Impacts” has been accepted for… Read more »