In Search of the Writerly: A Framework for Meaningful Learning
This exciting TeLEd event will feature Robert Gray, Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at UiB, and Laura Cruz, Research Professor at the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at The Pennsylvania State University (USA). Laura is one of the leading voices in educational development and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in the US and beyond, and Rob has been developing and refining his work on the Writerly Framework for Teaching and Learning for over 20 years. Since recently joining forces further develop the concept, four new articles on the writerly have either been published or accepted for publication, and they have also recently signed a book contract with Routledge on writerly teaching and learning.
The writerly framework for teaching and learning is a novel conceptual model for teaching and learning in higher education that fosters a more meaningful and purposeful interaction between students and course content. Based on Roland Barthes’s concept of the writerly text, writerly teaching situates the student in an active posture, jointly producing meaning rather than passively receiving it. The framework situates (and assesses) learning as an interpretive process and scrutinizes how a learning situation places students in an active and interactive posture, where they jointly produce meaning with the instructor, content, and other learners. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to apply the writerly framework to the design of their courses and/or assignments and how a protocol based on the writerly framework can be used as part of both designing and evaluating teaching and learning scenarios. The rubric is built around three primary criteria for identifying the writerly: creating spaces for the writerly, engaging in dialogue, and making meaning.