CITL Instructor Series: Social Annotation to Support Undergraduate Reading

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2-3 p.m.

Online; ED-1001

Presenter: Melanie Doyle, per-course instructor, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Undergraduate student reading has often been described as a “don’t, won’t, can’t” problem (Horning, 2013, p. 1). Despite these problems, it can be difficult for course instructors to support students’ development into strong critical readers because, unlike problems with writing, we do not often “see” problems with reading.

This session will introduce course instructors to social annotation, a process whereby students collaboratively annotate or “mark up” assigned readings. In the session, Melanie will describe how she implemented social annotation into her first-year critical reading and writing (CRW) course. Participants will learn what social annotation is, how it compares to other reading assessments, and how it can support students’ reading and writing development.

For more information and to register, please visit the CITL Events Calendar.

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Event Listing 2024-02-27 14:00:00 2024-02-27 15:00:00 America/St_Johns CITL Instructor Series: Social Annotation to Support Undergraduate Reading Presenter: Melanie Doyle, per-course instructor, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate student reading has often been described as a “don’t, won’t, can’t” problem (Horning, 2013, p. 1). Despite these problems, it can be difficult for course instructors to support students’ development into strong critical readers because, unlike problems with writing, we do not often “see” problems with reading. This session will introduce course instructors to social annotation, a process whereby students collaboratively annotate or “mark up” assigned readings. In the session, Melanie will describe how she implemented social annotation into her first-year critical reading and writing (CRW) course. Participants will learn what social annotation is, how it compares to other reading assessments, and how it can support students’ reading and writing development. For more information and to register, please visit the CITL Events Calendar. Online; ED-1001 CITL