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New Media

Tutors aren’t mind-readers… not yet, anyway

Groundbreaking research on BCI’s–“brain-computer interfaces” has stirred up a lot of excitement in the science world.  The possibility of technology that responds directly to your brainwaves is…

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Scrawl Radio

Blast From The Past (Scrawl S2 E8)

Hello Scrawl Nation! On this episode, the gang plays some blasts from the past. The team discusses what writers teach us peer tutors and how much we…

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New Media Writing about Writing

Top 5 Ways to Jazz Up your Digication e-Portfolio

So, most of my posts here on UCWbLing have been committed to DePaul’s fave portfolio tool: Digication. But, with finals week just around the corner (breathe), I…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

National Day on Writing 2011

On October 20th, the University Center for Writing-based Learning celebrated the National Day on Writing on both the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses.  The event was a…

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Multilingualism New Media Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Exploring English and Having a Good Old Time Doing It

On Friday October 7, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) hosted our first Conversation Group, an initiative designed to address the needs of DePaul and…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

The Tutor as Archaeologist: Presenting A History of Online Tutoring

A little known fact about writing centers is that we are always engaging in cutting-edge research, and right now, scholarship on online tutoring is all the rage. …

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Writing about Writing

Hot Topics in Writing Investigates Online Publications

Katie and Caylie wrap up their three-part series investigating different venues writers can have their works published or read. This episode focuses specifically on online publications. Listen…

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New Media Outreach and Events

“Raise the Lowbrow”: My trip to the Conference on Jersey Shore Studies

Last Friday, I attended the much anticipated (for me anyway) Conference on Jersey Shore Studies at the University of Chicago. If you have talked to me in…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Serial Reader

It never fails.  Finals approaching, deadlines hanging in the air, more projects to do than I can actually hold in my head at one time, and what…