Short for Module-Based and Student-Driven Learning of Writing, MASLOW is an online learning platform, built across Blackboard and Edublog, where (currently) international graduate students can practice foundational writing skills for developing discipline-specific communication abilities based on exploratory and interactive activities in the context of their orientation to US higher education and professional growth. MASLOW uses […]
Script of this video (also found here with integrated quiz to help you review). SHYAM: My name is Shyam Sharma, CYNTHIA: and My name is Cynthia Davidson SHYAM: We are professors in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University. SHYAM: In this video, we will highlight some of the key features of […]
The role of new media, usually delivered via the internet, is central to your development as graduate students. As I will discuss in this post, taking a deliberate approach to learning and using new media applications can significantly enhance your academic transition to graduate-level education and your professional opportunities and growth as a scholar in […]
In the often slow and complex process of learning the many and increasingly advanced skills for written communication in graduate school, the vast majority of graduate students, both international and domestic, depend on their academic advisors and on any resources that may be available in their respective departments (which are often limited or missing). Other […]
Helping International Graduate Students Succeed Roughly half of the one million international students in the United States are in graduate education. While undergraduate level has “general education” curriculum to help students coming from other countries learn the writing, research, and communication skills demanded by higher education here, there is usually no such curriculum at the […]