Write It Again OER

Abstract

Write It Again is a learning module designed and developed as a website. This OER module teaches students how to utilize effectively the ideas and information from authors of online or print materials in college assignments requiring research. The skills students learn through this OER will help them to avoid unintentional plagiarism by showing them correctly how to include material written by someone else in their own work.

Write It Again uses an instructional support approach to help students develop essential academic writing skills such as summarize, paraphrase, use direct quotation, and cite (APA & MLA) to avoid plagiarism. Through this resource, students can view instructional videos, example videos, tips, and checklists. In addition, students can engage in practice activities; they have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of sample articles and are guided through the steps to summarizing the entire article, paraphrase a portion of it, or correctly incorporating a direct quote from it. They are also assisted with developing APA or MLA in-text citations and Reference/Works Cited citation listings. Students can either work on their own (comparing their work to suggested answers to gain confidence and competence to engage in scholarly writing) or download their finished work for submission to their professor.