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Beyond the Traditional Essay: Writing that Includes Nontraditional Formats

Explore a Variety of Assignment Types and Presentation Tools That Help Students Appeal to a Broad Audience

  • Higher Education
  • Event
  • On-demand
  • English – First-Year Composition
  • Composition Lunch & Learn
  • 45 Minutes
  • On-Demand Video

Description

In this era of social media and multimedia, students can benefit from understanding how to reach an authentic and diverse audience beyond the classroom with images, presentations, or videos that enhance the written word.  In this session we examine various “writing + plus” assignments and consider sample student work. Viewers will leave with a toolbox of possible assignments that can be modified to achieve various student learning outcomes. 

About Your Speaker

  • Alison Kuehner -

    Alison Kuehner

    Alison Kuehner loves teaching students. She was fortunate to discover her passion for teaching during her senior year of college working as a peer tutor, where she enjoyed the challenge of helping fellow students effectively express their ideas in writing. After earning an undergraduate degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in literature from the University of Chicago, she became a teacher, earning an English credential through the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s in reading instruction at Cal State East Bay. Although she enjoyed her time teaching middle school and high school students, Professor Kuehner is most inspired and energized by the diversity and potential of community college students. She has taught a range of courses at Ohlone College in Fremont, California, for thirty years, including literature and composition courses; developmental reading and writing classes; and online, hybrid, and traditional classes. Over the years, she has honed her skills as a teacher, thanks to her students’ feedback and advice, and her colleagues’ willingness to share and collaborate.