WEEK

DATE

ASSIGNMENTS DUE ON THIS DATE

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1

1/24

302-M and GMU QEP initiative

Scholar 2.0

Blackboard course folder

Textbook—APA/MLA

Submitting to Bb; screen shots

Blog posts: “What is a Scholar?”

1/31

LAST DAY TO ADD OR DROP WITHOUT PENALTY

2

1/31

Read “What is a Scholar?

Blogging and netiquette

Read Todd Hammer’s “What is a Scholar?”

First two blog posts

Netiquette Quiz due by 3:00 PM

GMU resources for writers

3

2/7

Read “Blogging in and out of Class”

How blog format affects interactions with topic

Read “Writing a Good Blog”

Blogging vs. academic writing

Blog posts 3 and 4 due by 3:00 PM

4

2/14

Finish essay: “What is a Scholar”

Add reflection/meta-analysis to paper in class; submit assignment

Bring COMPLETED file to class but DO NOT SUBMIT

Begin “How Do Scholars Communicate?”

(SLO 2, 3, 7)

Choose groups and format for wiki

5

2/21

Read “The New Definition of Scholarship,” stopping at end of “Status Quo” section

Scholar Visit: Leslie Morton,  GMU Civility ambassador and adjunct professor of Recreation, Health and Tourism

Review academic writing, including integrating quotations

APA/MLA documentation: http://lib.usm.edu/legacy/tutorials/

apatutorial/tutorialindex.html

2/24

LAST DAY TO DROP

2/27

6

2/28

Read Drew University’s “Synthesis Writing” and University of Indiana’s “Literature Review and Synthesis Writing”

Introduce review of literature as run-up to research project; library databases 

Synthesis writing

7

3/5

Completed wiki entries due by 3:00 PM

Synthesizing what was learned from sources

Metacognitive reflection on wiki format

Choose partners, communication method and Web 2.0 medium for Lit Review

Email plan to professor

9

3/20

Read “Writing a Literature Review and Synthesis Matrix”

Elements of a literature review: GMU’s QEP lit review

(SLO 3, 4)

Empirical research, meta analysis, editorial, feature

Transitions and connectors to emphasize relationships in writing

3/30

END SELECTIVE WITHDRAWAL PERIOD

10

3/27

Transitions and Connectors Quiz due by 3:00 PM

Plagiarism and intellectual property in academia

(SLO 5, 6)

Bring to class: electronic versions of all 5 articles for lit review

“Web 2.0 and Scholarship”

 Review “Boyer Model of Scholarship”

Reviewing relationships between content of selected articles  and between  article content and Boyer's model

11

4/3

Literature Review due by 3:00 PM

Data mining: lit review, Boyer, wiki

Review functions of a scholar from student essays

12

4/10

‘Plagiarism Test” due

Sign up for research paper conferences; Coordinate with research partner; solicit outside review for research plan and focus

How students can get their research published

(SLO 1, 3, 7)

13

4/17

Research paper drafts due to Blackboard by midnight

14

4/24

Be on time and prepared for research paper conference

15

5/1

“Web 2.0 and Scholarship” research papers due by 3:00 PM

Last class meeting; final metacognitive reflection on scholarship,  REQUIRED  for course completion

16

5/9

Research papers returned and semester grade finalized

5/11

Absolutely last date for any grade adjustments or corrections  before final semester grades are submitted to the Registrar on 5/15.