Links for Teaching Communication-in-the-Disciplines
The links listed below are useful for getting started on teaching communication-in-the disciplines (W/C) courses at Texas A&M University. More links can be found in the Pedagogy and How To sections of this web site, under specific topics.
- The Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University
- Writing for Learning–Not Just for Demonstrating Learning, Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty from Cortland State University, includes sample syllabi and bibliographies
- The WAC Clearinghouse, for research, links to other programs, discussion lists, and everything WAC.
- Across the Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Academic Writing, an online journal
- Quinnipiac University writing resources for faculty
- Boise State University Writing Center’s newsletter Word Works
- Colorado State University’s Writing at CSU
Explore the links below from other universities. You will find faculty resources that may help in your particular discipline or give you a better understanding of teaching writing or speaking in the disciplines.
Writing-in-the-Disciplines or Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs
- Purdue University On-line Writing Lab, Subject Specific Resources
- The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing, University of Minnesota
- The University of Pittsburgh Writing in the Disciplines
- Writing Across the Curriculum at George Mason University
- Teaching Writing at the University of Toronto
Communication across the Disciplines (writing and speaking) Programs
- Clemson, the Roy R. and Marnie Pearce Center for Professional Communications
- North Carolina State, Campus Writing and Speaking Program
- Louisiana State, Communication Across the Curriculum
- Iowa State’s ISUComm resources for teachers
- University of Florida’s Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
- University of Pittsburgh’s Speaking in the Discplines
Computer-Assisted Writing Instruction
- Computer Writing & Research Lab, UT, Austin
- Daedalus Group Incorporated
- Calibrated Peer Review
- Instructional Technology Services at Texas A&M University (WebCT, CPR, Turnitin.com, and other services)
- Turnitin.com
- Waypoint rubric software for evaluating performance
