Teaching Writing in Your Discipline












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            * - Strategies, Pedagogy and use of AI in Disciplinary Writing Instruction
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            The course is suitable for academic staff and doctoral students who assign seminar papers 

            teaching and assessment, or otherwise incorporate academic writing into their teaching. Th
            primarily focused on supporting thesis writing but teaches strategies for integrating acad
            disciplinary instruction so that undergraduate students are better prepared for writing se

            well as their final theses.

            Target group: academic staff + PhD candidates

            Dates: October 14, 2024 – January 31, 2025
            Format: Blended-learning course (LMS Moodle + 4 synchronous Zoom sessions: October 15, Nov

            3, and January 21, 2025)
            Time commitment: 2-4 hours of study on average per week
            Apply by: October 14, 2024

            Apply via the LLL (life-long-learning) courses at VSB-TUO [ URL "https://czv.vsb.cz/kurzy/
            or contact wsc(zavinac)vsb.cz [ MAIL "wsc(zavinac)vsb.cz"]


            Apply via the LLL (life-long-learning) courses at VSB-TUO [ URL "https://czv.vsb.cz/kurzy/
            or contact wsc(zavinac)vsb.cz [ MAIL "wsc(zavinac)vsb.cz"]


            To register for the seminar, it is necessary to sign up on the VSB-TUO portal.



            Course description and learning goals:
            The goal of this 10-week blended-learning course is to provide a thorough and accessible i
            to teaching writing in disciplinary courses in a wide variety of fields. By the end of the

            participants in the course will be able to:

            • Understand and leverage the practices, principles, and benefits of teaching writing in t

              disciplinary courses.
            • Identify and understand key genres and disciplinary practices surrounding writing in the
              how to leverage those for writing instruction.

            • Develop and effectively teach a writing assignment in a course of their choice.
            • Understand the benefits and methods of offering effective feedback on student writing.
            • Develop effective and efficient assessment of student writing for their assignments.

            • Use and leverage AI technologies for effective writing instruction.

            Course outline:

            1. Course Introduction and Supporting Writing to Learn in the Disciplines
            2. Why Teach Writing and Identifying Key Genres of Writing in Your Discipline
            3. Theories and Genres of Writing

            4. Teaching Writing with AI
            5. Developing Meaningful Writing Assignments and Assessments
            6. Supporting, Scaffolding, and Teaching Writing Assignments

            7. Providing Feedback on Student Writing
            8. Writing Assessment and Feedback Practice
            9. Final Project

            10. Reflection and Integration

            Apply via the LLL (life-long-learning) courses at VSB-TUO [ URL "https://czv.vsb.cz/kurzy/

            or contact wsc(zavinac)vsb.cz [ MAIL "wsc(zavinac)vsb.cz"] .

            Dana Driscoll serves as the founding director of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Cent

            Communication [ URL "https://www.iup.edu/scholarlycommunication/index.html"] and teaches i
            and Applied Linguistics Doctoral Program [ URL "https://www.iup.edu/academics/find-your-de
            llw/gr/english-composition-and-applied-linguistics-phd.html"] and in their undergraduate W

            track. Driscoll developed and coordinates a range of advanced writing supports for dissert
            thesis writing, writing for publication, and other forms of scholarly communication. This 
            workshops, boot camps, retreats, writing groups, and a scholarly editing and writing manus

            Learn more about Dana Driscoll below:
            IUP website [ URL "https://www.iup.edu/languageliteraturewriting/faculty/driscoll-dana.htm
            DD’s visit to the Czech Republic in 2022 [ URL "https://www.iup.edu/writingcenter/news/202

            offers-workshops-keynote-address-czech-republic.html"]
            DD’s visit to the Czech Republic in 2023 [ URL "https://www.iup.edu/writingcenter/news/202
            offers-workshops-on-stem-writing-in-the-disciplines-dissertation-supervision-in-the-czech-

            Vědavýzkum.cz [ URL "https://vedavyzkum.cz/rozhovory/rozhovory/dana-driscoll-akademicke-ps
            interpunkce-a-gramatika"]
            CASALC Review [ URL "https://journals.muni.cz/casalc-review/article/view/33094/30058"]