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?

Virtual Conversation Hour: OWC Readings

During this session, we’ll consider the following questions (or any other questions and ideas attendees bring!): What readings do you find most helpful in your OWC work or your tutor training? In what ways are those readings helpful? How have the readings impacted or changed your OWC tutoring?

Virtual Conversation Hour: Identifying & Navigating Institutional Context for OWCs

During this session, we’ll consider the following questions (or any other questions and ideas attendees bring!): How do you know your student demographics? Where did you find them and who did you consult? How did you determine your institutional context? How did learning that information impact decisions around OWC tutoring?

SIG at IWCA 2019

Session Information Conference: International Writing Centers Association (view OWC-related sessions at IWCA 2019) Date and Time: Saturday, October 19, 12:15 – 1:30pm EST Presenters: Sarah Prince, Beth Nastachowski, Jenelle Dembsey, and Megan Boeshart Onsite Participation: Room Union A, Hyatt Regency, Columbus, Ohio Virtual Participation: Zoom. Register to attend our SIG virtually! Save your confirmation email with the link to […]

Virtual Conversation Hour: Assessment & Reporting for OWCs

During this session, we’ll consider the following questions (or any other questions and ideas attendees bring!): What metrics do you collect? What barriers or difficulties have you encountered? How has collecting metrics benefited you? Who do you report metrics to and how do you do that reporting?