90 minute session (followed by 20 min for Q&A and networking).
Location: Online. Upon registration, link will be emailed
July 30, 10 -11:30 am MT Edmonton
Title: G3 of Writing Tips: Gentle Guidelines, Great Stories, & Gigantic Gains
Description: In this session, the presenters will journey through stories about their own personal writing spaces, describing key elements of the writer’s desk that contribute to inspiration, motivation, and organization for academic writing. They will also discuss the writing habits and strategies that they typically employ to create highly attuned spaces for writing amongst competing scholarly and personal demands. Along the way, they will highlight some of their most definitive successes as well as how they navigated through the various disappointments, failures, and challenges of academic writing.
Instructors
Dr. Curt Bonk
Curt Bonk is Professor at Indiana University teaching educational psychology and technology courses. Drawing on his background as a corporate controller, CPA, educational psychologist, and instructional technologist, Bonk offers insights into the intersection of business, education, psychology, and technology.
Meina Zhu is Assistant Professor in the Learning Design and Technology program in the College of Education at Wayne State University. She received her Ph.D. degree in the Instructional Systems Technology program at Indiana University Bloomington and her master’s degree in educational technology at Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include online education, open education and MOOCs, self-directed learning, STEM education, and active learning.
Cost: Free
Registration link:
https://forms.gle/umdRZucmVVDh15NY9 (you can share this form!)
This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email via
mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925