The academic writing skills programme: a model for technology-enhanced, blended delivery of an academic writing programme

Boyle, J. , Ramsay, S. and Struan, A. (2019) The academic writing skills programme: a model for technology-enhanced, blended delivery of an academic writing programme. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 16(4),

Full text not currently available from Enlighten.

Publisher's URL: https://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol16/iss4/4/

Abstract

Recognising the varied challenges presented by an increasingly diverse student body at our UK university (a research-intensive institution with a high proportion of international and widening participation students), an online and blended writing programme was developed. The Academic Writing Skills Programme (AWSP) is a fully online, compulsory writing diagnostic, consisting of a range of multiple-choice questions on grammar and a short essay. Run centrally by a department of multidisciplinary academic writing advisers, the programme was taken from a small, discipline-specific writing programme and transformed into an institution-wide, fully-funded technology-enhanced academic language course. This paper details and evaluates the process through which this development was achieved; it discusses the challenges encountered, explores the pedagogical justification and background of our approach, provides student assessment and feedback on the impact and efficacy of the programme, and offers guidance for practitioners in academic language support.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Struan, Dr Andrew and Ramsay, Dr Scott and Boyle, Dr Jennifer
Authors: Boyle, J., Ramsay, S., and Struan, A.
Subjects:L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
College/School:University Services > Learning and Teaching Services Division
University Services > Student and Academic Services > Academic Services
Journal Name:Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
Journal Abbr.:JUTLP
Publisher:University of Wollongong
ISSN:1449-9789
ISSN (Online):1449-9789
Published Online:24 September 2019

University Staff: Request a correction | Enlighten Editors: Update this record