Introduction to Academic Writing on IT4ALL Moodle

Introduction to Academic Writing Enroll in the 4-week workshop on Moodle for $40, today. For further information, email Dr. Nellie Deutsch. Introduction to Academic Writing Introduction to Academic Writing is a 4-week workshop with ongoing support and individual attention. The introductory course on academic writing will focus on writing college papers. Students will be engaged in reading, discussing, and writing scholarly papers. They will also learn to cite and add references according to APA style. The instructor for the online workshop is Dr. Nellie Deutsch, author of instructor Experiences with Implementing Technology in Blended Learning Courses in Higher Education. The book is available on Amazon on Barnes & Noble. Dr. Deutsch also wrote ESL/EFL Students Lack the Skills to Cope with Reading Comprehension Tests, an action research project available for download on Amazon. Learning outcomes After completing this course you should be able to: ● understand the format and features of essays, research papers and reports; ● use reference management tools for managing citations and reference list in APA style ● write scholarly papers. What is plagiarism & how to avoid it! Week 1 Referencing APA Style & Academic Writing ● What is academic writing? Resource ● An Academic Writing Module: Paragraphs Writing exercises for self-directed study file ● What is referencing? file APA Style ● Basics of APA Style Resource ● What's new in the APA sixth edition! Resource ● Brief guide to APA format PDF document ● APA sample paper PDF document ● APA Formatting in Word 2010 Resource ● APA templates file Week 3 Reference Management Tools ● Managing References -Zotero file ● Set up Zotero Resource ● Zotero quick start guide PDF document ● Organising references in Zotero Resource ● Zotero Word plugin Resource ● Managing References -Mendeley Resource ● Guide -Getting Started With Mendeley Resource ● Mendeley -Tutorials file ● Mendeley Web Importer file ● Reflecting on Week 1 Forum Week 3 Writing an Essay ● Generating Ideas for Essay Writing Resource ● Essay writing:structure PDF document ● Sample Essay file ● Writing an Essay file ● Share your Essay Forum ● Reflecting on Week 2 Forum ● Writing research essay PDF document Week 4 Writing a Report Reports can be divided into three major sections: ● Introduction ○ Title page ○ Abstract ○ Table of contents ○ List of illustrations ● Main ● Ending ○ References ○ Appendices The main section is the most important part. It usually contains the following headings: ● Introduction ● Methods ● Results ● Discussion ● Conclusion & recommendations for the future ● Share your Written Report Forum ● Reflecting on Week 3 Forum Writing an Article ● Schaum's Quick guide to writing great research papers file ● Writing an article PDF document ● Writing a Research Paper Forum ● Reflecting on Week 4 Forum