<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Greetings-</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(62,62,62);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="http://www.owicommunity.org/" style="color:blue">The
Online Writing Instruction Community </a>would like to invite you to join
their first ever virtual symposium!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(62,62,62)"><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Inspired by Flower Darby and James Lang’s Book <em><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Small+Teaching+Online%3A+Applying+Learning+Science+in+Online+Classes-p-9781119619093" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Small Teaching Online:
Applying Learning Science in Online Classes</a></em>, we’ve invited
leaders in the sub-field of Online Writing Instruction (OWI) to present </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ignitetalks.io/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">ignite
talks </span></a><span style="color:rgb(62,62,62);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">on practical topics
related to OWI pedagogy and administration. </span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(62,62,62);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ignite talks are quick presentations that
inspire audiences on a variety of topics - each presentation is exactly 5
minutes and contains exactly 20 slides, with each slide set to automatically
advance after 15 seconds while the speaker talks.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(62,62,62)"><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The presenters will focus their ignite talks on one
practice-based activity that instructors or administrators could implement in
their online writing courses or programs. </span><br>
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<strong><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The two-day event will take place: </span></strong><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Tuesday August 4th 2020 from 2:00-3:30 EDT </span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Thursday August 6th 2020 from 2:00-3:30 EDT</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Registration
will open <b>Wednesday July 15th at 8:00 a.m. EDT</b> and will remain open
until <b>Wednesday July 29th at 11:59 p.m. EDT</b>. </span></p>

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symposium is <b>free</b> and registration will be on a first come first served
basis. Registration will be capped at 300 people. </span></p>

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once ensures you'll be able to attend both days of the conference (August 4th
& 6th). However, if your schedule doesn't allow you to attend both days of
the symposium, individual Zoom links for each day of the symposium will be sent
out so you can attend whichever day works best for you. </span></p>

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opens tomorrow morning. Please click this link to register: <a href="https://forms.gle/MyttxSasvxQYFFg28" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://forms.gle/MyttxSasvxQYFFg28</span></a></span></p>

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are so excited for this event!</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Jessie
Borgman, Arizona State University </span></p>

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McArdle, Michigan State University</span></p>

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<a href="http://www.owicommunity.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">http://www.owicommunity.org/</a></span></p>

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Groups Forum: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-online-writing-instruction-community" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-online-writing-instruction-community</a></span></p>

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