Start Date
8-11-2024 2:00 PM
End Date
8-11-2024 2:25 PM
Keywords
teaching tools, APA style, integrating technologies, student writing
Abstract
Graduate programs require students to produce rigorous academic writing, often adhering to specific style guidelines, such as the APA. This presentation will demonstrate how the digital bundle consisting of the APA Student Workbook and the APA Manual can teach students the principles of academic writing, citation practices, and ethical scholarship. By leveraging the digital bundle at multiple points in the program leading to the capstone – a thesis or dissertation, we can provide a structured, consistent, and interactive approach to mastering APA style and ultimately improving the quality of students' academic writing.
In this session, we share how we integrated the APA digital bundle into the Doctor of Education (Ed.D) program, replacing the APA Manual, a required supplementary resource students purchased in their first term and expected to master independently. Now, students buy the perpetual license version of the APA digital bundle, which allows them eight years of access. This digital bundle is easily integrated into Canvas courses, and the APA Student Workbook has practice activities and summative quizzes for each chapter, which mirror chapters in the APA Manual and are seamlessly linked. Workbook chapter activities are interactive and allow for self-paced learning, and the summative quizzes, when assigned, are automatically graded. In the EdD program, students are introduced to the APA Student Workbook in the Academic Writing course in Term 1 and then revisit relevant chapters in the workbook in three other research courses, thus creating a spiral curriculum where students revisit core principles of rigorous academic writing.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees to the session will acquire the following knowledge and skills:
1. The APA digital bundle as a way to raise the bar and 'actively' teach academic writing skills.
2. How to integrate the APA digital bundle in a Canvas course, and a graduate-level curricula.
3. Actionable insights for instructors to improve student writing.
Track
Teaching & Learning Technologies
Session Type
25-minute Presentation, Panel, or Guided Discussion
Included in
Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Educational Technology Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons
The APA Digital Bundle in Teaching Academic Writing
Graduate programs require students to produce rigorous academic writing, often adhering to specific style guidelines, such as the APA. This presentation will demonstrate how the digital bundle consisting of the APA Student Workbook and the APA Manual can teach students the principles of academic writing, citation practices, and ethical scholarship. By leveraging the digital bundle at multiple points in the program leading to the capstone – a thesis or dissertation, we can provide a structured, consistent, and interactive approach to mastering APA style and ultimately improving the quality of students' academic writing.
In this session, we share how we integrated the APA digital bundle into the Doctor of Education (Ed.D) program, replacing the APA Manual, a required supplementary resource students purchased in their first term and expected to master independently. Now, students buy the perpetual license version of the APA digital bundle, which allows them eight years of access. This digital bundle is easily integrated into Canvas courses, and the APA Student Workbook has practice activities and summative quizzes for each chapter, which mirror chapters in the APA Manual and are seamlessly linked. Workbook chapter activities are interactive and allow for self-paced learning, and the summative quizzes, when assigned, are automatically graded. In the EdD program, students are introduced to the APA Student Workbook in the Academic Writing course in Term 1 and then revisit relevant chapters in the workbook in three other research courses, thus creating a spiral curriculum where students revisit core principles of rigorous academic writing.