Flexible hybrid writing instruction throughout undergraduate curricula: Fostering students' growth, persistence, and identity as writers in scholarly communities and beyond

TitleFlexible hybrid writing instruction throughout undergraduate curricula: Fostering students' growth, persistence, and identity as writers in scholarly communities and beyond
Faculty/College/UnitLand & Food Systems
StatusActive
Duration2 Year
Initiation04/01/2023
Project Summary

*Special Call: Hybrid and Multi-Access Course Redesign Project*

The Faculties of Land and Food Systems (LFS) and Forestry recognize the fundamental importance of supporting our students’ growth and development as writers, researchers, and contributors to disciplinary conversations. Through this project, we will strengthen first-year students’ foundation in scholarly writing and scaffold further development of writing skills throughout undergraduate curricula in our Faculties by i) transforming two multi-section first-year scholarly writing courses into outstanding hybrid learning experiences and ii) creating context-specific online learning modules for second-, third-, and fourth-year courses, to provide ongoing scaffolded instruction in scholarly writing and argumentation.

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2023/2024
Year 1: Project TypeLarge TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorLindsay Cuff
Year 1: Funded Amount57,971
Year 1: Team Members

Lindsay Cuff, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Food Nutrition and Health (FNH), Faculty of Land and Food Systems / Forest and Conservation Sciences (FCS), Faculty of Forestry
Candice Rideout, Associate Professor of Teaching, FNH, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Duffy Roberts, Lecturer, FNH, Faculty of Land and Food Systems / FCS, Faculty of Forestry
Patrick Culbert, Director, Curriculum, Faculty of Forestry / Associate Professor of Teaching, FCS, Faculty of Forestry
Will Valley, Associate Dean, EDI / Associate Professor of Teaching, Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Duncan McHugh, Digital and Instructional Media Producer, LFS Learning Centre
Carla Urquhart, PhD Student, Geography, Faculty of Arts
Amanda Crane, LFS Undergraduate Student
Charlotte Mittelstaedt, Forestry Undergraduate Student
Zachary Schram, Forestry Undergraduate Student

Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2024/2025
Year 2: Project TypeLarge TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorLindsay Cuff
Year 2: Funded Amount45,377
Year 2: Team Members

Co-Principal Investigators:

Lindsay Cuff, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems / FCS, Faculty of Forestry
Candice Rideout, Professor of Teaching, FNH, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Duffy Roberts, Lecturer, FNH, Faculty of Land and Food Systems / FCS, Faculty of Forestry
Duncan McHugh, Digital and Instructional Media Producer, LFS Learning Centre

Project Team Members:

Patrick Culbert, Director, Curriculum, Faculty of Forestry / Associate Professor of Teaching, FCS, Faculty of Forestry
Will Valley, Associate Dean, EDI / Associate Professor of Teaching, Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Carla Urquhart, Graduate Student, Geography, Faculty of Arts
Brad Jackson, Graduate Student, English, Faculty of Arts
Jessica Driver, Forestry Undergraduate Student
Jolene Ross, Forestry Undergraduate Student
Yolanda Yang, LFS Undergraduate Student