Virtual Conversation Hour: Asynchronous Tutoring Strategies

During this session, we’ll discuss asynchronous tutoring strategies, considering the following questions (or any other questions and ideas attendees bring!): What strategies do you use for providing students feedback asynchronously? What technologies or tools do you find helpful or effective? What kind of training have you done? What kind of training do you need to do?

SIG at ECWCA 2019: Evolving Technologies in Online Writing Center Work

This session will engage attendees in conversations regarding the successes and failures of asynchronous and synchronous technologies in their local contexts. This session focuses both as a roundtable for online consulting platforms and as a special interest group for online writing center work more broadly.

Virtual Conversation Hour: Synchronous Tutoring Platforms

During this session, we’ll discuss synchronous tutoring platforms, considering the following questions (or any other questions and ideas attendees bring!): What platform do you use for your synchronous tutoring (e.g., Skype, Google Dogs, etc.)? What are the pros and the cons of your platform? How did you choose the platform? What considerations went into that choice?

Virtual Conversation Hour: Training for Online Writing Tutoring

During this session, we’ll consider the following questions (or any other questions and ideas attendees bring!): What unique training, if any, do you offer staff engaging in online writing tutoring? How do you structure your training (is it integrated with your face-to-face training or is it an additional “level” of training?) What training materials or activities have you found especially effective? What barriers are you facing in terms of training staff engaged in online writing tutoring?