Aspen University
Scholarly Writing Webinar Series
with Dr. Nina Beaman
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Session 1: The Art of Scholarly Writing
Content: Reasons for Following APA Style, When to Use Scholarly Writing, Tone, Why Not to Rely on Automatic Reference/Citation Generators, Ethical Use of Augmented Intelligence
Date: January 8, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 2: Organizing Your Ideas and Writing
Content: Organizing Different Kinds of Work, Outline, Abstract, Table of Contents, Title Page, Introduction, Body/Level Headings, Conclusion, Citations/References, PowerPoint Slides
Date: February 12, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 3: Grammar is Not Just for Gramma!
Content: Capitalization/Proper vs. Common Nouns, Italicization, Punctuation, Spacing, Abbreviations, Hyphenation, Redundancy, Agreement, Congruent Parallelism, Plural Words, Conjunctions, Commas, Run-on Sentences/Comma Splicing, Apostrophes, Semicolon, Colon, Quotations, Commonly-Confused Words, Adverbs, Unclear Antecedents, Dangling Participles, Pronouns
Date: March 12, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 4: Giving Credit When Credit is Due!
Content: Plagiarism, Ethics, Recycling, Course Hero and Similar Websites, Citations, Paraphrasing
Date: April 9, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 5: Can I Have a Reference?
Content: APA Style Referencing—Journal Articles, Websites, Books, Dissertations, Art Work, Videos
Date: May 14, 2025, at 11:00 am/Pacific
Session 6: Jump into the Boolean
Content: Boolean Searches, Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT, “”, (), WITHIN X, NEAR, BEFORE, AFTER, *, ?, ALLCAPS, NOCAPS, ATLEAST), and Stop Words, Scholarly Sources
Date: June 11, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 7: Building a Dissemination Strategy
Content: Aspen, ProQuest, Professional Conferences, Public, Professional Organization Journals, Open Journals
Date: July 9, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 8: Speaking at Conferences
Content: The "who", "where", "what" and "how" of presenting scholarly work at conferences, workshops, and other public venues.
Date: August 13, 2025, at 10:00 am/Pacific
Session 9: Submitting to ProQuest
Content: Expectations and processes when submitting to ProQuest, How to prepare the manuscript, Copyright decisions
Date: September 10, 2025, at 10 am/Pacific
Session 10: Submitting Journal Articles
Content: Who, what, when, where, and how of submitting to journals, Distinguishing between your student manuscript and a journal article. The submission process and potential obstacles, Options for future research and publication
Date: October 8, 2025, at 10 am/Pacific
Session 11: Ways to Disseminate Through Aspen University
Content: Explore the various ways to disseminate scholarly works through Aspen University: The Aspen Journal of Scholarly Works, the Colloquia, and the Altitudes.
Date: November 12, 2025, at 10 am/Pacific
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