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3 Ways to Find Research Opportunities 5-star editor review on merlot.org (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)

Coming soon!

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

A Beginner's Guide to Notion (Tutorial)

  • Develop the confidence to create a personalized Notion page with different subpages to help better organize between personal life, classes, work, and research.
  • Apply the Notion’s scheduling software, such as Google Calendar, to help with time management.
  • Recognize effective note taking strategies and explore how to organize notes onto the Notion platform.
  • Identify how to use the digital platforms and different sites connected with Notion to help create a personal touch to your page.

["notion""notetaking""organization"]

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"]

Appreciating the Value of Different Resource Types (Tutorial)

  • Differentiate scholarly sources from popular sources and primary sources from secondary sources.
  • Describe the value of different types of popular, scholarly, primary, and secondary sources.
  • Identify and categorize your research materials, according to the categories and types of information covered.

["resources""research""citing""sources""secondary""scholarly""popular""Finding and Citing Sources"]

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 5-star editor review on merlot.org (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)

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

Building a CV, Resume, and Cover Letter (Tutorial)

  • The fundamentals of a resume
  • Components of a resume
  • Specific sets of skills to highlight in your resume
  • Fundamentals and differences between a resume and CV
  • Which scenarios fit better for creating a CV
  • You will learn how to write a cover letter
  • There will be information to prepare you and get you started with your document

["resume""cv""cover letter""job""hiring""create""document""application""skills""internship""qualifications""requirements""process""personal statement""description""leadership""training""student sucess"]

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)

Coming soon!

["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"]

Critically Evaluating Resources (Tutorial)

  • Define positionality in relation to the research process.
  • Discuss the role your positionalities play when doing academic research.
  • Practice quickly identifying the reliability and validity of a given source given its type, methodology, publication, date, accuracy of sources cited, and other factors.
  • Identify the usefulness of the sources you will use both by checking for their credibility and how the author’s findings or claims relate to your own ideas.

["resources""research""citing""sources""positionality""evaluating,""misinformation""lateral reading""SIFT""Finding and Citing Sources"]

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"]

Data in the Humanities (Tutorial)

Coming soon!

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

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)

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["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"]

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)

Coming soon!

["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 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"]

Graduate School 101 (Tutorial)

  • Part 1 Deciding Whether or Not to Go - Differentiate between different types of graduate and professional programs - Compare the various reasons why people choose to go to grad school and possible paths (straight through vs. gap) - List questions to ask yourself when deciding if grad school is the right path for you
  • Part 2 Preparing during Undergrad - Conducting informational interviews - Office hours & networking with professors - Constructing a long term prep plan that works for you
  • Part 3 Assembling Application Materials - Deciding where to apply - Putting together your application package - List strategies for navigating imposter syndrome & self doubt

["applications""career paths""navigation""research""graduate school"]

Guide to Note-taking (Handout)

Coming soon!

["taking notes""efficiency""study habits""humanities""sciences""social sciences"]

How To Navigate Retaking a Course (Handout)

Coming soon!

["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"]

How to Write a Thesis Statement (Tutorial)

  • identify the requisite steps to writing a thesis statement
  • recognize examples of effective and ineffective thesis statements
  • identify the components of a well structured thesis statement
  • recognize that the thesis writing process is flexible, nonlinear, and susceptible to change

["thesis statement""essay""writing"]

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)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["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.

[]

Reading for Writing (Handout)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["planning""time management"]

Research and Academics Glossary (Tutorial)

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[]

Research and Academics Glossary (Embed-simple-nonavbar)

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Resources for Remote Student Success (Handout)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["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)

Coming soon!

["Zoom""Student Success"]

Student Success Guide on Taking an Online Course (Handout)

Coming soon!

["time management""Student Success"]

Turn Questions Into Keywords (Handout)

Coming soon!

["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"]

Understanding Misinformation: A Lesson Plan Toolkit (Tutorial)

  • Identify the causes of misinformation
  • Define information, misinformation, and disinformation
  • Identify strategies for recognizing misinformation

["misinformation""disinformation""Critical-thinking""systemic"]

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"]

WI+RE's Guide to Note-taking (Tutorial)

  • Identify strategies to take notes effectively
  • Understand how various methods of taking notes work best in specific situations
  • Recognize common pitfalls of note-taking
  • Expand toolkit of helpful abbreviations and shorthand to make taking notes efficient

["take notes""note-taking""studying""learning""notes""study habits"]

WI+RE's Introduction to AI Chatbots (Tutorial)

  • Define what generative AI is and how it can be used as a tool.
  • Describe (generally) how generative AI models are trained and programmed.
  • Recognize the limitations of using generative AI tools in an academic setting.
  • Identify potential productive methods of collaborating with Generative AI in an academic setting.

["tag 1""tag 2"]

WIRE's Guide to Contacting Faculty: Cold Emailing (Tutorial)

  • Articulate the publications and research conducted in the labs you are interested in working in with your own words.
  • Craft a successful email that will make you stand out from the other individuals that send out emails to the same faculty member.

["emailing""cold emailing""research"]

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 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"]

WI+RE Team

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Abigail

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Appreciating the Value of Different Resource Types - Building a CV, Resume, and Cover Letter - Critically Evaluating Resources - Graduate School 101 - WI+RE's Introduction to AI Chatbots - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

April

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Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources - CREATES - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Reading Strategies Playlist - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - Writing a Literature Review - eScholarship: Open Access, Easy Access -

Caitlin

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Collecting and Citing Sources - Creating Literature Reviews - Deconstructing the Elevator Speech - Deconstructing the Elevator Speech - Find and Use Review Articles - Get Started with Zotero - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Integrating Citations - Integrating Citations - Research Abstracts - Research Paper Planner - Research Paper Planner - Turn Questions Into Keywords - Turn Questions into Keywords - Writing a Literature Review -

Cassandra

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Chris

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6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - Annotated Bibliographies - Breaking Down Academic Articles - Breaking Down Your Prompt - Breaking Down Your Prompt - CREATES - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Finding and Using Keywords in Context - Guide to Note-taking - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Write a Thesis Statement - Intro to Data Literacy - Introduction to UC Library Search - Navigating UC Library Search - Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping - Overcoming Writer's Block - Passive and Active Voice - Positionality & Research - Primary Source Analysis - Reading Pedigrees - Remote Access - Get configured with VPN or Proxy - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - Resources for Remote Student Success - Site Updates: Making our accessibility efforts more transparent - Strategies for Taking a Timed Exam - Understanding Misinformation: A Lesson Plan Toolkit - Using Simpson's Diversity Index - Using the UCLA Digital Library - WI+RE's Guide to Networking - WI+RE's Guide to Note-taking - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? - Writing Conclusion Paragraphs - Writing Topic Sentences - Your Research Plan - Your Resources and Methodology -

Cymfenee

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6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - Calculating Species Diversity - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - DNA Replication Mechanism - Electron Configurations - Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - Overcoming Writer's Block - Overcoming Writer's Block - Reading Pedigrees - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Strategies for Taking a Timed Exam - Using Simpson's Diversity Index - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? -

Doug

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3 Ways to Find Research Opportunities - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - Annotated Bibliographies - Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources - Beginning Your Research Journey - Brainstorm Your Research Interests - Breaking Down Academic Articles - Breaking Down Your Prompt - CREATES - Collecting and Citing Sources - Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Crafting a Research Question - Creating Literature Reviews - DNA Replication Mechanism - Deconstructing the Elevator Speech - Design Jam #1! - Developing Research Questions and Creating Keywords - Expanding Perspectives in Your Search - Find and Use Review Articles - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Finding Scholarly Articles - Finding a Research Mentor or Project - Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck - Get Started with Zotero - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Integrating Citations - Integrating Citations - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping - Passive and Active Voice - Positionality & Research - Primary and Secondary Sources - Primary and Secondary Sources - Reading Pedigrees - Reading Strategies Playlist - Reading for Writing - Remote Access - Get configured with VPN or Proxy - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - Research Abstracts - Research Logistics - Research Paper Planner - Research Paper Planner - Research and Academics Glossary - Resources for Remote Student Success - Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Setting Academic Goals - Sharing Your Research - Site Updates: Making our accessibility efforts more transparent - Start with Your Questions - Start with your Questions - Strategies for Taking a Timed Exam - The Making of Study Tips - The Making of Using Google Scholar - The redesigned WI+RE website! - Turn Questions Into Keywords - Turn Questions into Keywords - Using Google Scholar - Using Pubmed - Intro to the Advanced Search Builder - Using the UCLA Digital Library - WI+RE Spring Update - WI+RE goes to the 2019 Powell Society Dinner! - WI+RE's Center for Educational Assessment Report - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - WI+RE's tech toolbox (a snapshot) - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? - Writing Conclusion Paragraphs - Writing Topic Sentences - Writing a Literature Review - Writing for Your Discipline - Your Research Plan - Your Resources and Methodology -

Esha

Coming soon!

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A Beginner's Guide to Notion - WI+RE's Introduction to AI Chatbots - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - WIRE's Guide to Contacting Faculty: Cold Emailing -

Giselle

Coming soon!

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3 Ways to Find Research Opportunities - Beginning Your Research Journey - Brainstorm Your Research Interests - CREATES - Crafting a Research Question - Finding a Research Mentor or Project - Foundations in Learner-Centered Design - Smart Teaching - Research Logistics - Setting Academic Goals - The Making of Using Google Scholar - Using Google Scholar - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - Your Research Plan - Your Resources and Methodology -

Hannah

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Annotated Bibliographies - Breaking Down Academic Articles - Breaking Down Your Prompt - Breaking Down Your Prompt - Building a CV, Resume, and Cover Letter - CREATES - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Finding and Using Keywords in Context - Graduate School 101 - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - Introduction to UC Library Search - Navigating UC Library Search - Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping - Passive and Active Voice - Primary Source Analysis - Remote Access - Get configured with VPN or Proxy - Resources for Remote Student Success - Schedule a Virtual Research Consultation - Using the UCLA Digital Library - WI+RE's Introduction to AI Chatbots - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Jake

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Calculating Species Diversity - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - DNA Replication Mechanism - Electron Configurations - Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - Overcoming Writer's Block - Overcoming Writer's Block - Primary Source Analysis - Reading Pedigrees - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Using Simpson's Diversity Index - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? -

Jeannie

Coming soon!

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Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Expanding Perspectives in Your Search - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Reading Strategies Playlist - Start with your Questions - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Jen

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Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Primary and Secondary Sources - Primary and Secondary Sources - Providing Research Help - Video Series - Reading Strategies Playlist - WI+RE goes to the 2019 Powell Society Dinner! - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - eScholarship: Open Access, Easy Access -

Juan

Coming soon!

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CREATES - Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Providing Research Help - Video Series - Reading Strategies Playlist - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Kaitlin

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6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - Calculating Species Diversity - Graduate School 101 - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - Intro to Data Literacy - Introduction to UC Library Search - Navigating UC Library Search - Primary Source Analysis -

Kian

Coming soon!

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3 Ways to Find Research Opportunities - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - 6 Tips for Finding Remote Research at UCLA - Annotated Bibliographies - Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources - Beginning Your Research Journey - Brainstorm Your Research Interests - Breaking Down Academic Articles - Breaking Down Your Prompt - Breaking Down Your Prompt - CREATES - Calculating Species Diversity - Collecting and Citing Sources - Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Crafting a Research Question - DNA Replication Mechanism - Design Jam #1! - Developing Research Questions and Creating Keywords - Developing your Long Term Research Plan - Electron Configurations - Expanding Perspectives in Your Search - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Finding Sources with the UCLA Library - Finding a Research Mentor or Project - Finding and Using Keywords in Context - Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck - Get Started with Zotero - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Guide to Note-taking - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Write a Thesis Statement - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Intro to Data Literacy - Navigating UC Library Search - Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping - Overcoming Writer's Block - Passive and Active Voice - Positionality & Research - Primary Source Analysis - Primary and Secondary Sources - Primary and Secondary Sources - Prototype - Primary and Secondary Sources - Providing Research Help - Video Series - Reading Pedigrees - Reading Strategies Playlist - Reading for Writing - Remote Access - Get configured with VPN or Proxy - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - Research Logistics - Research and Academics Glossary - Resource Playlist - Google Scholar - Resource Spotlight - Primary and Secondary Sources - Resources for Remote Student Success - Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Setting Academic Goals - Sharing Your Research - Site Updates: Making our accessibility efforts more transparent - Strategies for Taking a Timed Exam - Student Success Guide for Video Call Etiquette - Student Success Guide on Taking an Online Course - The Making of Breaking Down Your Prompt - The Making of Contacting Instructors - The Making of Study Tips - The Making of Using Google Scholar - The Making of Wheel of Sources - The Making of Writing Strategies - The redesigned WI+RE website! - Understanding Misinformation: A Lesson Plan Toolkit - Using Google Scholar - Using Pubmed - Intro to the Advanced Search Builder - Using Simpson's Diversity Index - Using the UCLA Digital Library - WI+RE Spring Update - WI+RE goes to the 2019 Powell Society Dinner! - WI+RE's Guide to Networking - WI+RE's Guide to Note-taking - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? - Writing Conclusion Paragraphs - Writing Topic Sentences - Writing a Literature Review - Writing for Your Discipline - Your Research Plan - Your Resources and Methodology - eScholarship: Open Access, Easy Access -

Mohsin

Coming soon!

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A Beginner's Guide to Notion - WI+RE's Introduction to AI Chatbots -

Monique

Coming soon!

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Electron Configurations - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Write a Thesis Statement - Intro to Data Literacy - Introduction to UC Library Search - Navigating UC Library Search - Overcoming Writer's Block - WI+RE's Guide to Networking - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Neha

Coming soon!

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A Beginner's Guide to Notion - Building a CV, Resume, and Cover Letter - Data in the Humanities - Electron Configurations - Graduate School 101 - Guide to Note-taking - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Write a Thesis Statement - Intro to Data Literacy - Introduction to UC Library Search - Navigating UC Library Search - Overcoming Writer's Block - Overcoming Writer's Block - Primary Source Analysis - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - WI+RE's Guide to Networking - WI+RE's Guide to Note-taking - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - WIRE's Guide to Contacting Faculty: Cold Emailing -

Pamela

Coming soon!

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Building a CV, Resume, and Cover Letter - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Renee

Coming soon!

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Annotated Bibliographies - Appreciating the Value of Different Resource Types - Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources - Beginning Your Research Journey - Breaking Down Academic Articles - Building a CV, Resume, and Cover Letter - CREATES - Calculating Species Diversity - Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Crafting a Research Question - Creating Literature Reviews - Critically Evaluating Resources - DNA Replication Mechanism - Developing Research Questions and Creating Keywords - Expanding Perspectives in Your Search - Find the Right Research Guides - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Finding Scholarly Articles - Finding Sources with the UCLA Library - Finding a Research Mentor or Project - Finding and Using Keywords in Context - Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck - Get Started with Zotero - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Graduate School 101 - Guide to Note-taking - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - How to Write a Thesis Statement - Integrating Citations - Integrating Citations - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Introduction to UC Library Search - Navigating UC Library Search - Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping - Overcoming Writer's Block - Passive and Active Voice - Positionality & Research - Primary and Secondary Sources - Primary and Secondary Sources - Providing Research Help - Video Series - Reading Pedigrees - Remote Access - Get configured with VPN or Proxy - Research Logistics - Research Paper Planner - Research Paper Planner - Resources for Remote Student Success - Start with Your Questions - Start with your Questions - Student Success Guide for Video Call Etiquette - Student Success Guide on Taking an Online Course - The Making of Using Google Scholar - The redesigned WI+RE website! - Turn Questions Into Keywords - Turn Questions into Keywords - Using Google Scholar - Using the UCLA Digital Library - WI+RE's Guide to Networking - WI+RE's Guide to Note-taking - WI+RE's Introduction to AI Chatbots - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - WIRE's Guide to Contacting Faculty: Cold Emailing - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? - Writing Conclusion Paragraphs - Writing Topic Sentences - Writing a Literature Review - Your Research Plan - Your Resources and Methodology -

Royson

Coming soon!

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CREATES - Research Paper Planner - Resource Playlist - Study Tips - The Making of Study Tips - The Making of Using Google Scholar - Using Google Scholar - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Salma

Coming soon!

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Annotated Bibliographies - Breaking Down Academic Articles - Breaking Down Your Prompt - Breaking Down Your Prompt - CREATES - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Finding and Using Keywords in Context - How To Navigate Retaking a Course - Navigating UC Library Search - Offer your own Workshop Series on Learner-Centered Design and Rapid Prototyping - Overcoming Writer's Block - Positionality & Research - Resources for Remote Student Success - Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - Using the UCLA Digital Library -

Sarah

Coming soon!

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DNA Replication Mechanism - Finding Images with the UCLA Library - Reading Pedigrees - Remote Study Strategies: The Pomodoro Technique - Scholarly vs. Popular Sources - WI+RE's favorite quotes! -

Shannon

Coming soon!

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Collecting and Citing Sources - Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Creating Literature Reviews - Design Jam #1! - Developing Research Questions and Creating Keywords - Expanding Perspectives in Your Search - Find and Use Review Articles - Finding Scholarly Articles - Finding Sources with the UCLA Library - Get Started with Zotero - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Integrating Citations - Integrating Citations - Navigating the Undergradate Research Portal - Video Series - Reading Strategies Playlist - Reading for Writing - Research Abstracts - Research Paper Planner - Research Paper Planner - Turn Questions Into Keywords - Turn Questions into Keywords - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - Writing a Literature Review - Writing for Your Discipline -

Taylor

Coming soon!

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Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources - CREATES - Collecting and Citing Sources - Contacting Instructors - Contacting Instructors: Email and In-Person - Creating Literature Reviews - Deconstructing the Elevator Speech - Deconstructing the Elevator Speech - Design Jam #1! - Developing Research Questions and Creating Keywords - Expanding Perspectives in Your Search - Finding Scholarly Articles - Finding Sources with the UCLA Library - Get Started with Zotero - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Getting Started with Research at UCLA - Integrating Citations - Integrating Citations - Interactive Poster Series - Research Strategies - Navigating the Undergradate Research Portal - Video Series - Reading for Writing - Research Abstracts - Research Paper Planner - Research Paper Planner - The Making of Using Google Scholar - Turn Questions Into Keywords - Turn Questions into Keywords - Using Google Scholar - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - Writing a Literature Review - Writing for Your Discipline - eScholarship: Open Access, Easy Access -

Xinjian

Coming soon!

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Genetic Drift: Founder Effect vs. Bottleneck - Graduate School 101 - How to Navigate Retaking a Course - Navigating UC Library Search - Reading Pedigrees - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium? -

Xinyi(Alex)

Coming soon!

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3 Ways to Find Research Opportunities - Beginning Your Research Journey - Brainstorm Your Research Interests - Breaking Down Academic Articles - CREATES - Crafting a Research Question - Finding a Research Mentor or Project - Foundations in Learner-Centered Design - Growth Mindset - Passive and Active Voice - Research Logistics - Resources for Remote Student Success - Setting Academic Goals - The Making of Study Tips - The Making of Using Google Scholar - Using Google Scholar - WI+RE Spring Update - WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos - WI+RE's favorite quotes! - Writing Conclusion Paragraphs - Writing Topic Sentences - Your Research Plan - Your Resources and Methodology -

WI+RE Sandbox Posts

For a behind the scenes look at WI+RE's learner-led design process

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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

A summary of our poster series project and our SCILWorks 2019 presentation!

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Navigating the Undergradate Research Portal - Video Series

Online tutorials introducing the Undergraduate Research Portal for both students and faculty

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

Here's our toolkit of slides and activities to help you 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

Here's a prototype we are working on designed to help learners get the most out of reading scholarly articles. Let us know what you think!

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Providing Research Help - Video Series

Producing training videos for inquiry specialists.

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Resource Playlist - Google Scholar

A playlist of WI+RE's favorite resources for using Google Scholar.

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Resource Playlist - Study Tips

Coming soon!

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Resource Spotlight - Primary and Secondary Sources

Coming soon!

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Site Updates: Making our accessibility efforts more transparent

How do we make it easier for all to find out what we've done already, what we aspire to do, and what we need to learn and improve next?

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The Making of Breaking Down Your Prompt

Take a behind-the-scenes look at Breaking Down Your Prompt.

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The Making of Contacting Instructors

Insights into the process of creating the Contacting Instructors tutorial.

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The Making of Study Tips

A summary of the rationale behind my design for my Study Tips project.

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The Making of Using Google Scholar

A summary of how we made our Using Google Scholar tutorial, complete with prototypes.

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The Making of Wheel of Sources

Watch our video about the prototyping process behind WI+RE's award-winning instructional resource, Wheel of Sources.

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The Making of Writing Strategies

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Writing Strategies videos, created in collaboration with the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center.

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The redesigned WI+RE website!

We're thrilled to launch a major upgrade to our website!

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WI+RE Spring Update

What's new with the WI+RE team as we head into the Spring 2020 quarter

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WI+RE goes to the 2019 Powell Society Dinner!

Engaging with members of the Powell Society!

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WI+RE's Center for Educational Assessment Report

The UCLA Center for Educational Assessment recently published a report on student and faculty feedback on WI+RE's online workshops and tutorials

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WI+RE's Learning Narrative Videos

A collection of learning narratives by the WI+RE team.

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WI+RE's favorite quotes!

Coming soon!

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WI+RE's tech toolbox (a snapshot)

A quick overview of some of WI+RE's most commonly used technology tools - with links to learning activities used by new WI+RE designers

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eScholarship: Open Access, Easy Access

The WI+RE team recently published a quick introductory video on eScholarship.

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