Pedagogical/Teaching Resources

The Writing Program offers this page as a living archive and collection of the resources we have acquired over the history of our program, with the hope that they will serve to help faculty across campus develop the knowledge and practices they need in support of fomenting complex writing abilities students will need in contemporary academic, professional, and civic life.

Resources

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The Nature of Hybrid Courses in Writing, 2020

A discussion of the nature of writing instruction, the use of class constraints/affordances, and values/limitations in hybrid classroom environments.
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Working Online with Student Writers, 2020

Many best face-to-face practices for assigning writing and working with student writers also apply to online settings. Some key practices don't. Advice and resources geared to faculty who teach in content areas across campus.
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Writing Beyond Writing Classes, 2010

Resources are designed to give practical help regarding student writing to DU professors across the full range of disciplines.

Reflections

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Faculty Perspectives on Advanced Seminars at the University of Denver, 2017

24 DU professors who had taught ASEM participated in three 3-hour workshops in June 2017 in which they discussed the goals of ASEM, its place in the curriculum, features, characteristics, and student performances.
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Student Writing in FSEM and ASEM, 2016

25 DU professors from across campus analyzed student First Year Seminar (FSEM) and Advanced Seminar (ASEM) writings, composing reflections about WAC innovations, assignments, and pedagogy.
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Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of Denver, 2014

In 2014, former Executive Director Doug Hesse compiled insights and reflections of faculty across campus about their experiences teaching writing in the First Year Seminar (FSEM) and Advanced Seminar (ASEM).
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Teaching and Troubling Writing Intensive Courses, 2010

Since 2007, over 70 DU faculty have participated in three-day workshops, as preamble to their teaching a Writing Intensive Core course. This slim volume collects the work of seventeen professors as they reflect on the Writing Intensive Core.