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LSU Communication Across the Curriculum
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Located at LSU, Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) is a multifaceted program focused on cultivating students' multimodal communication skills.
Our team's Special Topics Book and Podcast Club proved to be an excellent starting point for our conversations about AI and teaching. Here are a few of our reflections: teachingci.substack.com/p/what-we-le...
What we learned from John Warner's "More than Words"
Lessons from our team's Special Topics Book and Podcast Club
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October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Check out this project led by a team of LSU faculty, including C-I professors Arup Bhattacharya and Chris Kees in the College of Engineering and Soo Jeong Jo in the College of Art & Design.
LSU Engineering + Architecture faculty, with BASF and LSU’s Institute of Energy Innovation, brought five solar-powered stations to campus.

☀️ Shade to study
🔋 Device charging
💡 Nighttime lighting

A new way to experience campus—and explore the power of solar.

Read more: www.lsu.edu/eng/news-sto...
August 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Follow the process of teaching a communication-intensive course with Communication Studies professor Dr. Naomi Bennett and her Performance Composition course. In this week's installment, we look at some initial planning and the first few weeks of the course:
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Finding Voice, Form, and Feedback: Teaching Performance Composition as a Communication-Intensive Course
This is the second installment in our C-I in Action series where we follow along through the process of teaching a communication-intensive course.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This spring, our FLC gathered to focus on strengthening Communication-Intensive (C-I) teaching through small, research-based changes. Check out some of our reflections, and let us know some of your big #teaching takeaways from the Spring semester!

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Small Changes, Big Impact: Reflections from a Spring C-I Faculty Learning Community
“No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship.”
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June 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One word transformed this classroom: "Why?"

Professor Scott Madere generated 150 student topics in 2 periods using this simple question, proving that the best teaching tools might be the simplest. When students ask "Why?" they investigate, not just listen.

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Asking Why: How One Faculty Member Sparked 150 Writing Topics in 10 Minutes
Explore one C-I assignment from an International Studies professor that encourages students to keep asking questions.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Let’s be honest—communication is everywhere. It’s happening constantly in our classes, often without us even thinking about it. What if we took a more intentional approach to developing communication skills? Enter Communication-Intensive Teaching.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Did you know that incorporating communication-intensive (C-I) teaching methods into just one single course can significantly impact graduation rates? Delve into research on #TeachingCI and discover how C-I pedagogy can be a powerful tool for student success. teachingci.substack.com/p/the-resear...
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks to support from @laregents.bsky.social, CxC Faculty Learning Communities are gaining teaching insight from the latest edition of James M. Lang's Small Teaching. Have you read it? What are some of the takeaways you want to apply to your teaching?
February 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Evaluations at the end of a semester are important, but how often do you ask students to provide feedback at midterms? In the latest #TeachingCI post, we share a model for engaging students in a mid-semester pulse check to inform teaching and enhance success. teachingci.substack.com/p/collect-mi...
Why collecting mid-semester feedback is worth your time and a few tips on how to do it effectively
Evaluations at the end of a semester are important, but how often do you ask students to provide feedback at midterms?
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February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For 20 years, LSU CxC has embedded communication skills training and learning into university coursework through Communication-Intensive (C-I) teaching. We've learned so much from faculty and students who work alongside us to think deeply about the intersection of communication and content learning.
February 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM