"This is Howe We Do It” is a podcast from the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University of Ohio where teachers and students talk about writing and teaching writing. Each episode features a conversation about a different genre of writing (e.g. ePortfolios) or discussion of writing (e.g. AI and writing), offering a way to learn from our guests’ experiences and perspectives as writers and teachers as they reflect on their process for composing and/or teaching. Podcast episodes are accompanied by a list of linked resources about that topic including information and examples for you to adapt and use for your own contexts.
Check out more writing and teaching resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.
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"This is Howe We Do It” is a podcast from the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University of Ohio where teachers and students talk about writing and teaching writing. Each episode features a conversation about a different genre of writing (e.g. ePortfolios) or discussion of writing (e.g. AI and writing), offering a way to learn from our guests’ experiences and perspectives as writers and teachers as they reflect on their process for composing and/or teaching. Podcast episodes are accompanied by a list of linked resources about that topic including information and examples for you to adapt and use for your own contexts.
Check out more writing and teaching resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.
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What can a degree or minor in Professional Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, or Writing Studies offer students today—and why should institutions invest in programs like it? In this episode, Miami undergraduate students and Howe Writing Center consultants Kerigan Moore and Cassell Presnell share how they found their way to studying writing, what they’ve gained from their courses and writing center work, and how these experiences have prepared them for life beyond college—in their case, pursuing law school! Together, we explore what makes degrees in writing invaluable for students and for the institutions that support them.
Resources Related to or Mentioned in this Episode/Plugged by Our Guests
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In this episode, we sit down with Howe Writing Center Director Dr. Lizzie Hutton and Graduate Assistant Director Cam Cavaliere to talk about the processes for introducing consultants to writing center work and mentoring the undergraduate and graduate writing consultants who work at the HWC. More specifically, we discuss how students’ experiences consulting with their peers in the writing center and engaging in writing center research and programming supports them as writers, consultants, and researchers, preparing them with a variety of professional skills.
Resources Related to or Mentioned in this Episode/Plugged by Our Guests
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In this episode, we sit down with two Howe Writing Center undergraduate writing center consultants Katie Dykhuizen & Charlotte Melville, to get their student perspectives on peer review processes and giving feedback to other students. They share their experiences engaging in peer review cross classroom and consultation settings and reflect on what makes feedback processes and interactions effective, how different formats shape this process, and what they’ve learned from working with peers on their writing. Which strategies have worked best for you when engaging in this kind of peer feedback?
Resources Related to or Mentioned in this Episode
Resources Plugged by Our Guests
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In this episode, we chat with Dr. Will Chesher (Howe facilitator) and Dr. Kelli Rushek about their work in a cross-disciplinary Faculty Learning Community exploring peer review—also known as peer response, peer feedback, or reader response. They share insights from their research into the practice of peer review and reflect on their experiences testing out two different edtech platforms designed to support it. Tune in for practical takeaways on how to make peer feedback more meaningful in the classroom (and for an outstanding Montel Jordan impression from Kelli)!
Resources Related to this Episode
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In this episode, we are joined by Dustin Edwards to unpack digital damage, his framework for understanding the extractive nature of large-scale digital infrastructures drawn from his forthcoming book, Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings for Planetary Survival. His insights into the environmental and ethical costs of using AI tools and the implications of digital infrastructure on people and places prompts us to question and consider the impacts of choices for/when using (or not using) generative AI tools.
Resources Related to this Episode
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In this episode, we hear the perspectives of three undergraduate writing center consultants, Meredith Perkins, Kylie Mullis, and Ally Britton-Heitz about their research on AI-generated feedback on writing and how it compares to the written feedback given by writing center consultants. We discuss what they have learned about using AI tools, the strengths and weaknesses of the feedback it generates, and the implications for these tools on writing centers and writers' practices for engaging with feedback.
Resources Related to this Episode
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In this episode, Dennis Cheatham and I discuss various ways for partnering with generative AI as a thinking partner for writing and designing through a process-centered framework. Drawing from a course he specifically designed around creating with AI, this conversation offers insight into the use of AI tools in teaching design and writing in ways that focus on and assess the process as the means for learning. We emphasize the need for human writers and designers in this process while also highlighting the capabilities and consequences of using AI tools.
Resources Related to this Episode
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We're back from a brief hiatus with a really exciting episode for you! In this episode, you'll hear from Liz Wardle about the sensemaking method that she has developed and evolved from our Howe Faculty Writing Fellows Program. We offer an introduction to the what, why, and how behind the sensemaking method for supporting teams of faculty looking to solve problems and make change in their institutions. We are then joined by Mark Sidebottom and Jennifer Kinney to share their perspective as faculty who have been both participants and facilitators in different programs informed by this method.
Resources Related to this Episode
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Also, follow us on Instagram at our newly launched account! Feel free to send us questions or comment on our post for this episode to share your response to this question: What problems at your institution may benefit from using the sensemaking method to leverage faculty expertise?
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In this episode, I talk with Assistant Director of the Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program, Dr. Mandy Olejnik, to discuss two different perspectives on graduate student writing—our experiences with being graduate student writers and insights for supporting and advising graduate student writers, drawing from Mandy's research and our HCWE programming on graduate student writing support. We reflect on some of the differences between writing as a graduate student and an undergraduate student, the affective elements of writing in graduate school, and the needed systems that advisors and faculty can help change and innovate to support graduate students.
Resources Related to this Episode
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This episode features a conversation with former Graduate Assistant Director for the Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program Will Chesher as he reflects on his role and experiences as a graduate student working in this administrative role. This discussion offers insight into the projects from the past few years that were especially memorable to Will and the impact doctoral students can make in this role.
Resources from Will's Projects at the HCWE
Resources Shared by Will
Finally, if you're interested in reading more or applying to the English: Composition & Rhetoric graduate programs at Miami University of Ohio and the opportunities offered to doctoral students, you can learn more at this website.
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In this episode, our behind the scenes executive producer Will Chesher steps in as a guest host to interview Miami graduate student, and your very own podcast host, Rena Perez as this week's guest to continue the conversation from last episode on ePortfolios. While our last episode featured faculty perspectives on teaching ePortfolios, Rena offers a writers’ experiences and insights into the types of ePortfolios you may create, where to start when creating an ePortfolio, and the processes of selection and reflection on your chosen content.
Resources on ePortfolios
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In this episode, we unpack the genre of ePortfolios and their value for teaching and learning with Miami instructors Beth Reed and Julie Szucs. Drawing from their experiences participating in Faculty Learning Communities on ePortfolios through the HCWE, we share ideas for implementing and scaffolding ePortfolio assignments and what students can do with these compositions at the university and beyond.
Resources on ePortfolios or Mentioned in the Episode
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In our third episode, we are joined by two Miami instructors, Jen Bulanda and Anne Whitesell, to continue our discussion of op-eds and their usefulness for helping students write to public audiences on issues of interest to them. Anne and Jen offer different perspectives on how and why op-eds can be designed and taught as an assignment and why they are useful for students’ learning and writing.
Resources on Op-Eds/Mentioned in the Episode
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Our second episode features Miami student Meredith Perkins, who has written op-eds for various newspapers, to discuss this genre as an important means for sharing your voice and perspective and engaging public audiences and strategies for organizing your ideas from her experiences learning how to write and publish them.
Resources on Op-Eds
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
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In the episode, Elizabeth Hoover and Liz Wardle talk about the purpose of capstone projects, the importance of letting students take the lead, and what students learn from these engaging capstone experiences at Miami University.
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"This is Howe We Do It” is a podcast from the Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University of Ohio where teachers and students talk about writing and teaching writing. Each episode features a conversation about a different genre of writing (e.g. ePortfolios) or discussion of writing (e.g. AI and writing), offering a way to learn from our guests’ experiences and perspectives as writers and teachers as they reflect on their process for composing and/or teaching. Podcast episodes will also be accompanied by a dedicated webpage about that topic with links, annotated resources, assignment prompts, and examples that you can adapt and use for your own contexts.
Check out these resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.
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