UPDATE: Teaching Writing and Literature (10/14/05; MnSCU, 10/28/05-10/29/05)

SEE REVISED DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE NOW AVAILABLE @
http://www.ctl.mnscu.edu/facdev/user_event-list.php?eventtype=3Ddisciplin=
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"Writing and Literature: Teaching New Audiences and Each Other," MnSCU
Conference on Writing & Literature, October 28-29, 2005, hosted by Inver
Hills Community College

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Over the past thirty years, the teaching of writing and literature,
separately or together, has changed significantly. Developments in
computer-assisted and online instruction, influences from writing across
the curriculum initiatives, and shifts in missions and student
populations at two-year colleges and universities are just some of the
ways teaching writing and literature has become "new," especially in the
MnSCU system. An ever-increasing menu of pedagogies has also contributed
to the variety and complexity of teaching writing and literature today.

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Therefore, conference organizers seek both individual and panel
proposals from all faculty members (full-time, adjunct, and teaching
assistant) that address any aspect of teaching college writing and
literature, separately or together. Possible topics include the
following:

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* Composition=20

* Developmental writing=20

* Writing about literature=20

* Writing/literature in the MnSCU divisions (technical, community,
and 4-year institutions)=20

* Writing across the curriculum/writing-intensive courses=20

* Computers and writing/literature (computer-assisted and online
instruction)=20

* The teaching of writing or literature to nonnative speakers=20

* The teaching of writing or literature to nontraditional students=20

* Creative writing (both craft and creative work)=20

* Technical writing & communication=20

* Transferability of skills/contents to future courses and work=20

* Cross-institutional discussions/influences among colleges or
between high schools and colleges/universities=20

* Working conditions/teaching loads/adjunct issues=20

* Placement and exit procedures=20

* Writing competencies=20

* Diversity in the writing and literature classrooms=20

* Research on writing and literature =20

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This discipline-specific conference is made possible with funds for
Discipline/Program Workshops from the MnSCU Center for Teaching and
Learning with generous funding from the Office of the Chancellor;
therefore, the registration fee is waived for MnSCU members. However,
the conference is open to anyone interested in the teaching and learning
of writing and literature at the college level. This year's keynote
speakers include Sheryl Holt, University of Minnesota, Mike Morgan,
Bemidji State University, and Xuewei Wu, Century College.

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 Please send a 500 word abstract with panel or paper proposal
information including title of paper(s), and name, address, email, and
affiliation of presenter(s) by October 14, 2005. Panels are scheduled
for one hour with reading time for individual papers no more than
fifteen minutes. Send proposals via e-mail to Dr. Randall McClure,
Department of English, Minnesota State University at
randall.mcclure_at_mnsu.edu.=20

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