PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders
This edited collection, the third in a series of books by editors Jessie Borgman and Casey McArdle, explores the complexity of administrative positions within writing programs and how online courses make administration even more complex. Drawing on the PARS framework (Personal, Accessible, Responsive, Strategic) used in the first two books, PARS in Charge provides insights and examples from administrators across the country focusing on how they have implemented the PARS framework to be successful online writing program leaders in their specific leadership positions.
Released June 2023 Visit the WAC website to download the open access copy: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/pars3/ Or purchase a paper copy here: https://upcolorado.com/wac-clearinghouse/item/6514-pars-in-charge |
PARS in Practice: More Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors
By focusing on being Personal, Accessible, Responsive, and Strategic (PARS), this book explores the complexities and anxieties associated with online writing instruction (OWI). The PARS approach is an innovative way to self support your own online writing instruction and/or provide support for your OWI faculty.
This collection offers extensive examples of how to create personal assignments, syllabi, and learning spaces that connect with students while teaching you how to be accessible and craft accessible documents and spaces. Released January 2021 Visit the WAC website to download the open access copy: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/pars2 Or purchase a paper copy here: https://upcolorado.com/wac-clearinghouse/item/4077-pars-in-practice |
Personal, Accessible, Responsive, Strategic: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors
Drawing on their novel PARS framework, Jessie Borgman and Casey McArdle explore the complexities and anxieties associated with online writing instruction. PARS offers an innovative way to support your own online instructional efforts as well as those of faculty members in programs that offer online writing instruction. Borgman and McArdle offer extensive examples of how to create assignments, syllabi, and accessible, productive learning spaces.
Released October 2019 Visit the WAC website to download the open access copy: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/pars Or purchase a paper copy here: https://upcolorado.com/wac-clearinghouse/item/3813-the-personal-accessible-responsive-strategic |