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3 Ways to Find Research Opportunities (Tutorial)

• Identify three strategies for finding research opportunities.

["Faculty-initiated project""Student-initiated project""Research Questions""Entering Research"]

6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA (Tutorial)

• List six tips for finding remote research opportunities at UCLA

["research""remote""quantitative research""qualitative research"]

6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA (Handout)

["research""remote""quantitative research""qualitative research"]

Annotated Bibliographies 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Identify components of an annotated bibliography
• List reasons for making an annotated bibliography
• Define four types of annotations

["bibliographies""research""writing strategies""bibliography"]

Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources 5-star editor review on merlot.org Accepted to the PRIMO database of Peer reviewed materials online (Workshop)

• Identify strategies for avoiding plagiarism
• Accurately cite sources in a consistent style
• Summarize, paraphrase, and directly quote a text

["Plagiarism""Academic Honesty""Citation""Citing Sources""Paraphrase""Summary""Summarize""Quote""Direct quote""in-text citation""self-plagiarism""unintentional""accidental""cite""bibliography"]

Beginning Your Research Journey Accepted to the PRIMO database of Peer reviewed materials online 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Workshop)

• Identify your areas of interest for a research project
• Find campus resources that match your needs and interests
• Create a concrete plan with the first steps for getting involved in research

["Undergraduate Research at UCLA""undergraduate research""getting started""Entering Research""stem""science"]

Brainstorm Your Research Interests (Tutorial)

• List at least 3 ways to brainstorm their research interests
• Brainstorm at least 3 research interests

["Entering Research"]

Breaking Down Academic Articles 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Identify key aspects of an academic article
• Support future research endeavors
• Prepare to discuss articles in class

["academic articles""abstracts""reading strategies""articles""article database"]

Breaking Down Your Prompt 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Break down a prompt into the main tasks and requirements
• List resources and readings that will be helpful for answering the prompt
• Brainstorm ideas for the answering the prompt

["prompt""requirements""brainstorm""decipher""deciphering""strategies"]

Breaking Down Your Prompt (Handout)

["prompt""requirements""brainstorm""decipher""deciphering"]

CREATES (Tutorial)

• critically read and analyze scientific literature
• create a concept map based on a scientific article
• sketch the methods and annotate the figures of a scientific article
• analyze and interpret scientific data
• predict subsequent experiments and research questions following a scientific article

["C.R.E.A.T.E.S.""reading strategies""scientific articles""scientific literature""critical analysis""critical synthesis""stem""science"]

Calculating Species Diversity (Tutorial)

• Define the different types of biodiversity
• Calculate the alpha, beta, and gamma diversity of a model ecosystem
• Assess how human interactions can affect ecosystem biodiversity

["biodiversity""ecology""conservation""STEM"]

Collecting and Citing Sources (Workshop)

• Install Zotero and create a Zotero account
• Save and organize your sources
• Quickly generate a bibliography in your preferred citation style

["Zotero""citation management""cite""bibliography""plagiarism"]

Contacting Instructors (Handout)

["Contacting Instructors""Email""Office Hours"]

Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person (Tutorial)

• Send effective emails to instructors and faculty.
• Include a clear subject, appropriate greeting, concise information, and a professional signature in instructor and faculty emails.
• Prepare for and make the most of office hours and meetings with instructors and faculty.

["Contacting Instructors""Email""Office Hours""Communication""academic etiquette""academic writing""writing"]

Crafting a Research Question 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Workshop)

• Generate potential research questions
• Refine and improve your research questions
• Explain the broader significance of your research question

["Undergraduate Research at UCLA""undergraduate research""getting started""Entering Research""research question""stem""science"]

Creating Literature Reviews (Tutorial)

• Summarize literature reviews and their function in research
• Organize essential resources and data for literature review
• Choose literature review type according to research needs
• Locate information gaps for literature review to address

["writing a literature review""writing""reading""write a literature review""lit review"]

DNA Replication Mechanism (Tutorial)

• List replisome components that act before, during, and after DNA replication.
• Identify the major modules of DNA polymerase III and their roles in replication

["DNA""replication""biology""STEM"]

Deconstructing the Elevator Speech (Tutorial)

• Describe the elements of an effective elevator speech
• Sketch an elevator speech
• Distinguish elevator speech from research abstract

["elevator speech""elevator pitch""presentation skills""academic conference"]

Deconstructing the Elevator Speech (Handout)

["elevator speech""elevator pitch"]

Developing Research Questions and Creating Keywords 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Workshop)

• Develop specific research questions from a topic
• Turn questions into keywords
• Construct a preliminary search for your specific research question

["research questions""keywords""search strategies""Cornerstone Research Workshops"]

Developing your Long Term Research Plan (Workshop)

• Articulate your research topic or question
• Define your long-term research project goals
• Break down your long-term goals into manageable tasks

["planning a research project""UCLA Undergraduate Research Centers""Cornerstone Research Workshops""time management""planning"]

Electron Configurations (Tutorial)

• Articulate what orbitals are and what they mean
• Construct an electron configuration for an element

["chemistry""orbitals""electron configurations"]

Expanding Perspectives in Your Search 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Identify sources outside of starting perspective
• Develop refined research questions
• Prioritize what resources to include in assignment

["expanding perspectives""search bias""diverse perspectives"]

Exploring the CCLE Library Resources Menu (Tutorial)

• Identify the different functions of each tab item
• Explain how each item can support your course
• Navigate through all the items
• Locate where to reach out for research help

["ccle""library resources""navigation""research""library guide""course reserves"]

Find Articles and More with ArticlesPlus (Handout)

["review articles""search""finding articles""find articles""article""article search"]

Find and Use Review Articles (Tutorial)

• Summarize a review article and its purpose
• Find review articles in various databases
• Identify signifcant filter terms for searching review articles
• Distinguish a review article from a primary research article

["review articles""search""find articles""finding articles""literature review""article database""stem""science"]

Find the Right Research Guides (Tutorial)

• Find library research guides
• Choose the best databases for your topic

["research guides""articles""books""finding articles""finding books""article database"]

Finding Images with the UCLA Library 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Use the UCLA Library website to find and cite image resources
• Explain the difference between copyright and creative commons licensing

["citation""citing images""images""copyright""art research"]

Finding Scholarly Articles 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Navigate search filters
• Construct effective searches
• Locate full texts of articles

["find articles""finding articles""article search""searching the literature""articles""article database"]

Finding Sources with the UCLA Library (Workshop)

• Find research guides related to your project
• Find sources using the UCLA Library catalog
• Find scholarly articles using online databases

["searching for books""searching for articles""research at UCLA""Cornerstone Research Workshops""finding books""finding articles"]

Finding a Research Mentor or Project Accepted to the PRIMO database of Peer reviewed materials online 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Workshop)

• Identify your research interests
• Identify potential mentors and research projects
• Make a list of potential mentors and research projects

["Undergraduate Research at UCLA""undergraduate research""getting started""Entering Research""research mentor"]

Finding and Using Keywords in Context (Tutorial)

• Understand that terminology and scholarly language is contextual, temporal, and fluid
• Identify alternate terms for a term in dated literature
• Identify when a term is introduced in the literature
• Understand that language is formed by the era in which its produced and can serve as a form of oppression - naming is power

["keywords""history""searching""search strategies""articles"]

Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck (Tutorial)

• Differentiate between the two modes of Genetic Drift
• Identify how Bottleneck and Founder Effect impact populations
• Recognize how a population has speciated given a description

["Life Science""Life Sciences""Life Science 7B""Life Sciences 7B""genetics""allele""alleles""genetic drift""founder effect""bottleneck""STEM"]

Get Configured (Handout)

["vpn""off-campus access""proxy"]

Get Started with Zotero (Tutorial)

• Create Zotero Account
• Organize your Library
• Generate a bibliography in a chosen citation style (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

["zotero""citation management software""bibliography""annotated bibliography""citation manager""citation style"]

Getting Started with Engineering Research UCLA (Tutorial)

• Create a concrete plan with the first steps for getting involved in research
• Narrow (and broaden) research questions using a variety of strategies (e.g., social issues, economic issues,political issues, scientific/technological issues)
• Brainstorm effective keywords and search terms
• Strategize effective searches in databases and the Melvyl Catalog
• Find Primary Sources through Newspaper Archives

["topic mapping""research questions""brainstorming""effective searches""databases""primary sources""stem""science"]

Getting Started with Research at UCLA (Workshop)

• Identify possible areas of interest for a research project
• Find campus resources that match your needs and interests
• Create a concrete plan with the first steps for getting involved in research

["getting started with research""research at UCLA""UCLA Undergraduate Research Centers""UCLA Undergraduate Research Portal"]

Getting Started with Research at UCLA Winner of the ARLies award for Best Reflection of Diversity at the 2018 ARL Film Festival (Tutorial)

• Brainstorm research projects
• Articulate the benefits of research
• Identify undergraduate research opportunities and resources at UCLA

["Getting started with research""getting started""research at UCLA""get started""undergraduate research"]

How To Navigate Retaking a Course (Handout)

["retaking a course""failing a course""retake""retaking""failing""fail""not passing""academic advising""academics""grades""grade""mental health""emotional health""student success"]

How to Navigate Retaking a Course (Tutorial)

• Recognize you're not alone and this happens more often than you think
• Recognize that self-worth is separate from academic success
• Determine whether they have a fixed or growth mindset
• Identify strategies for succeeding in the course the second time and improve their understanding of the material

["retaking a course""failing a course""retake""retaking""failing""fail""not passing""academic advising""academics""grades""grade""mental health""emotional health""student success"]

Integrating Citations (Tutorial)

• Summarize citation structures for sources in research
• Recognize the purpose of each listed citation strategy
• Locate appropriate spaces for citation structures and strategies in research

["cite""plagiarism""bibliography""writing"]

Integrating Citations (Handout)

["citation""bibliographies""writing"]

Intro to Data Literacy (Tutorial)

• Explain how the definition of data is shaped by multiple factors within the data research process.
• Describe examples of data research across various disciplines.

["Data literacy""Data research""datasets"]

Introduction to UC Library Search (Handout)

["scholarly Sources""popular Sources""finding Sources""research"]

Navigating UC Library Search (Tutorial)

• Articulate the resources and locations that the UC Library Search is capable of searching
• Identify the location of the UC Library Search bar
• Differentiate between the UC Library Search search scopes
• Identify the location of the search filters
• Identify the locations of Holding information, Interlibrary Loan, Permalink, Create Citation, and Subject Headings in the catalog record
• Identify the location of the 24/7 Ask a Librarian widget

["UC Search""catalog""research"]

Overcoming Writer's Block (Tutorial)

• Identify writer's block and explain the different ways one might experience it
• Discuss various strategies for overcoming writer's block
• Assess your own writing situation and employ the most relevant strategy/solution

["writer's block""writing""academic paper""essay""creativity""research"]

Overcoming Writer's Block 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Handout)

["writer's block""writing""creativity""research""humanities""sciences""social sciences"]

Passive and Active Voice (Tutorial)

• Identify differences between passive and active sentences
• List reasons to use passive voice
• Use passive and active voice to emphasize the doer or receiver

["write""academic writing""passive voice""active voice""doer""receiver""writing strategies"]

Positionality & Research 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Explain what positionality refers to in the research process
• Discuss the role your positionality plays when doing academic research
• Begin to identify what biases and insights come with the social identities you embody
• Develop strategies to remain mindful of your positionality during the research process

["equity in research""identities""critical inquiry""positionality""expanding perspectives""search bias""diverse perspectives"]

Primary Source Analysis (Tutorial)

• List 5 examples of questions to ask when analyzing primary sources
• Identify the 5 basic steps of primary source analysis
• Articulate how primary source content relates to research question in academic language

["documents""primary source""history research""archive""primary sources"]

Primary and Secondary Sources Accepted to the PRIMO database of Peer reviewed materials online Featured as a PRIMO site of the month 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Identify a source as primary or secondary given a specific research topic or discipline.
• Identify a source that one research topic would treat as primary, and another research topic would treat as secondary.
• Generate ideas for types of primary sources that may be relevant to their research area.

["primary""secondary""sources""source""primary and secondary sources""primary vs secondary sources""wheel of sources""primary sources""secondary sources""sciences""humanities""discipline""research""writing"]

Primary and Secondary Sources (Handout)

["primary""secondary""sources""source""primary and secondary sources""primary vs secondary sources""wheel of sources""primary sources""secondary sources""sciences""humanities""discipline""research""writing"]

Reading Pedigrees (Tutorial)

• Differentiate between recessive and dominant genotypes
• Recognize how heterozygous traits are shown on a pedigree
• Identify the different genotype possibilities and/or modes of inheritance given an individual's parents/offspring

["pedigree""pedigrees""biology""Life Science""Life Sciences""Life Science 7B""Life Sciences 7B""genetics""genes""autosomal""x-linked""dominant""recessive""allele""alleles"]

Reading Strategies Playlist (Tutorial)

• Identify various reading strategies (e.g. paraphrase as you read, make an annotation legend, prioritize new vocabulary, etc.)
• Select personal reading strategies based on your experiences, preferences, and needs.

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Reading for Writing (Handout)

["Reading for Writing""Style Guide""Google doc""disciplinary writing""subject-specific writing""improve""writing skills""academic journal article""reading skills""writing strategy""writing""reading""academic writing""scholarly article"]

Remote Access - Get configured with VPN or Proxy (Tutorial)

• Identify the benefits of setting up the VPN or Proxy Server
• Download VPN at UCLA
• Set-up Proxy Server at UCLA

["vpn""off-campus access""proxy""article database"]

Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique (Tutorial)

• Confidently complete work using the Pomodoro Technique
• Develop a personalized study plan that works for you
• Assess if the Pomodoro technique is right for you
• Adapt the Pomodoro Technique for your specific needs

["productivity""study strategies""remote learning"]

Research Abstracts (Tutorial)

• Explain what a research abstract is
• Recognize differences between effective and ineffective research abstracts
• Design an effective abstract

["research abstract""presentation abstract""writing an abstract""academic conference"]

Research Logistics 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Workshop)

• Identify benefits of faculty- and student-led research projects
• Identify differences between SRP 99 and Departmental 195-199

["Undergraduate Research at UCLA""undergraduate research""getting started""Entering Research""planning""stem""science"]

Research Paper Planner (Tutorial)

• Break down assignments into manageable deadlines
• Track progress on assignments
• Identify campus resources

["planning""time management""strategy""strategies"]

Research Paper Planner (Handout)

["planning""time management"]

Research and Academics Glossary (Tutorial)

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Resources for Remote Student Success (Handout)

["Remote Resources""Library Resources""Remote Control"]

Schedule a Virtual Research Consultation (Tutorial)

• Learn how to schedule a remote virtual reseach consultation

["virtual research consultation""research""remote learning"]

Scholarly vs. Popular Sources 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Handout)

["scholarly Sources""popular Sources""finding Sources""research""humanities""sciences""social sciences"]

Search Experimentally (Tutorial)

• Use a variety of keywords to search for sources
• Broaden and narrow search results (using tools such as Boolean Operators, etc.)
• Refine your search using database filtering tools

["search"]

Setting Academic Goals (Tutorial)

• List the parts of a SMART goal
• Identify at least three personal long-term academic SMART goals
• Recognize the benefit of breaking down large goals into manageable tasks

["Entering Research"]

Sharing Your Research (Workshop)

• Write a research abstract
• Deliver an effective elevator speech about your research project

["abstract""elevator speech""elevator pitch""research abstract""conference""academic conference""oral presentation""poster presentation""research poster""symposium"]

Start with Your Questions (Handout)

["topic mapping""research questions""brainstorming"]

Start with your Questions Nominated for an ARLies award at the 2016 ARL Film Festival (Tutorial)

• Develop a general topic or idea into a set of exploratory research questions
• Narrow (and broaden) research questions using a variety of strategies (e.g., geographic area, cultural aspects, groups of people, time spans, or other strategies)

["topic mapping""research questions""brainstorming""mindmapping""mind mapping""mind-mapping"]

Strategies for Taking a Timed Exam (Tutorial)

• Develop a plan for taking real-life and virtual timed tests
• Identify strategies for answering multiple-choice and free response questions

["exam""test""test-taking""quiz""examination""question""assessment""questions""CCLE""Gradescope""Respondus""short answer""essay""writing""discipline"]

Student Success Guide for Video Call Etiquette (Handout)

["Zoom""Student Success"]

Student Success Guide on Taking an Online Course (Handout)

["time management""Student Success"]

Turn Questions Into Keywords (Handout)

["keywords""search strategies"]

Turn Questions into Keywords (Tutorial)

• Identify core concepts in research questions
• List core concepts as keywords
• Construct alternative ways to express keywords
• Organize keywords into advance search fields

["keywords""search strategies""research strategy""brainstorming"]

UC Library Search FAQ (Handout)

["scholarly Sources""popular Sources""finding Sources""research"]

Using Google Scholar 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Tutorial)

• Adopt new strategies for improving a Google Scholar search
• Use Google Scholar's Advanced Search
• Use quotes in their search
• Use AND, OR, NOT, and Parentheses in their search.
• Use Cited By and Related Articles to find relevant articles
• Access relevant articles

["searching""finding articles""finding sources""google scholar search""articles"]

Using Pubmed - Intro to the Advanced Search Builder (Tutorial)

• Find articles on a topic or by subject in PubMed
• Access full text versions of articles through PubMed
• View your PubMed search history, including key words
• Use PubMed search filters to get the best results

["PubMed""Advanced Search Builder""New PubMed user interface""Search Strategies""finding articles""find articles""article search""article database""stem""science"]

Using Simpson's Diversity Index (Tutorial)

• Articulate the meaning behind the Simpson’s diversity equation
• Calculate a Simpson’s index
• Articulate how population dynamics can shift the Index value

["biodiversity""ecology""population dynamics"]

Using the UCLA Digital Library (Tutorial)

• Understand how to access and find resources on the Digital Library website

["keywords""search strategies""research strategy""digital library"]

WI+RE's Guide to Networking (Tutorial)

• Articulate the benefits of networking
• Identify effective strategies for networking in multiple contexts
• Identify strategies for maintaining connections with your network

["networking""goals""goal""network""social media"]

What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? (Tutorial)

• Recall the five assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
• Examine whether or not a population has undergone evolution
• Determine allele frequencies in a population given phenotypic or genotypic data
• Calculate genotype frequencies given the allele frequencies and vice versa

["Life Science""Life Sciences""Life Science 7B""Life Sciences 7B""genetics""allele""alleles""Hardy-Weinberg""Hardy""Weinberg""Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium""Equilibrium""evolution""genotype""phenotype""gene flow""random mating""mututations""migration""natural selection""frequency""allele frequency""genotype frequency""STEM"]

Writing Conclusion Paragraphs (Tutorial)

• Describe the general structure of a conclusion paragraph.
• Describe the amount of detail that should go into the restatement of the thesis.

["write""writing strategies""conclusion paragraph""concluding paragraph""writing tips"]

Writing Topic Sentences (Tutorial)

• Articulate two ways to come up with topic sentences (before or after writing a body paragraph)
• Articulate qualities of a successful topic sentences

["write""writing strategies""academic writing""topic sentences""writing tips"]

Writing a Literature Review Accepted to the PRIMO database of Peer reviewed materials online Featured as a PRIMO site of the month 5-star editor review on merlot.org (Workshop)

• Recognize key components of a literature review
• Identify a knowledge gap in previous research and express how you can address the gap
• Organize sources effectively and logically

["literature review""writing""research""synthesis matrix""review articles"]

Writing for Your Discipline (Tutorial)

• Identify key stylistic elements of paper writing in their specific discipline.
• Read papers in their discpline for style.
• Apply these stylistic elements in their own writing.

["Reading for Writing""Style Guide""Google doc""disciplinary writing""subject-specific writing""improve""writing skills""academic journal article""reading skills""writing strategy""writing""reading""academic writing""scholarly article"]

Your Remote eBook Roadmap (Tutorial)

• Identify multiple websites and adopt a sequenced workflow to search for e-books and electronic resources
• Request help from the library if needed resources are not found

["eBook""e-Book""off-campus access""remote access""HathiTrust""National Emergency Library""finding books"]

Your Research Plan (Workshop)

• Create a timeline of your research goals
• Document your research progress

["Undergraduate Research at UCLA""undergraduate research""getting started""Entering Research""research plan""research notebook""research paper planner""SMART goals""timeline""stem""science"]

Your Resources and Methodology (Workshop)

• Locate resources relevant to your research
• Identify potential methodologies

["Undergraduate Research at UCLA""undergraduate research""getting started""Entering Research""academic sources""academic database""expanding perspectives in your search""finding sources""research guides""research methods""stem""science"]

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Design Jam #1!

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Foundations in Learner-Centered Design - Growth Mindset

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Foundations in Learner-Centered Design - Smart Teaching

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Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies

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Navigating the Undergradate Research Portal - Video Series

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Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping

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Prototype - Primary and Secondary Sources

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Prototype - Reading Scholarly Articles

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Providing Research Help - Video Series

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Resource Playlist - Google Scholar

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Resource Playlist - Study Tips

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Resource Spotlight - Primary and Secondary Sources

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Site Updates: Making our accessibility efforts more transparent

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The Making of Breaking Down Your Prompt

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The Making of Contacting Instructors

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The Making of Study Tips

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The Making of Using Google Scholar

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The Making of Wheel of Sources

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The Making of Writing Strategies

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The redesigned WI+RE website!

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WI+RE Spring Update

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WI+RE goes to the 2019 Powell Society Dinner!

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WI+RE's Center for Educational Assessment Report

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WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos

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WI+RE's favorite quotes!

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WI+RE's tech toolbox (a snapshot)

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eScholarship: Open Access, Easy Access

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