Kelly Wilkinson

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Eileen, I don't I think it is too much work to reinvent the wheel. I think you need to pick the battles you are willing to fight. I also invoke rules like "five and out" which if I find five common mistakes, I quit grading and give the paper a 0. They have 24 hours t resubmit and I regrade. If I find they did not proofread well enough a second time, the 0 is permanent. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Improving Communication Skills

Paul, I love your post! I agree. Writing skills must be exercised! You must develop writing memory like muscle memory! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Improving Communication Skills

Paul, Good point! I think using APA can help "standardize" some of the rules and you don't have to reinvent the wheel. There are also good resources online that will help them with that type of writing guide. Also, I use grammar girl podcasts to help remediate some of my students. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Improving Communication Skills

Deborah, Well, I am "borrowing" your area. This is genius. This is going in both my f2f and online courses. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Improving Communication Skills

Wayne , Wow you are indeed lucky! I have used Turnitin and LOVE it. Also, many may use Safe Assign which is a BB products. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Technical Skills

Trina, How nice? Do you like having everything designed? It is better for the students as all the courses will have the same "look" and "feel". Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Technical Skills

Liz, I agree with you. I think we have to be careful in pushing students to f2f expectations in an online course. There is a difference! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Technical Skills

Liz, You too need to share your insights! I too use synchronous for office hours. I don't use the phone, I keep everything in the LMS. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Technical Skills

kristen, What a great post! You need to be sharing your experiences and your skills. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

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Developing Technical Skills

Julie, You make great points. I think you are right about the usage of both deliveries. They need to be the right tool for the right job! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson