Scholarship – Page 22 – Online Writing Centers Association

Interfacing E-mail Tutoring: Shaping an Emergent Literate Practice (2002)

Post author:Jenelle
Post published:January 1, 2002
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Presents a descriptive analysis of 29 online writing lab sites for email tutoring, currently the most popular mode of computer-mediated collaboration.

What’s the Point of Your OWL? Online Tutoring at the University of Wisconsin Colleges (2002)

Post author:Jenelle
Post published:January 1, 2002
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Asynchronous courses, computerized classrooms, and Online Writing Labs (OWLs) have sprung up at even the smallest institutions. However, what is still in question is whether or not any of this technology has actually improved anything.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) and the Forum: A Tool for Writers in Distance Education Environments (2002)

Post author:Jenelle
Post published:January 1, 2002
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I explain, through recent research, why asynchronous feedback provides effective, individualized writing instruction to students with various learning styles and how collaborative learning is fostered through threaded discussion groups. The article then offers strategies for offering written feedback to students in discussion group environments by combining instructional material from the static web pages on the department's OWL.

Computers and the Perception of the Writing Center (2001)

Post author:Cynthia Pengilly
Post published:January 1, 2001
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Keywords Asynchronous, Student-tutor relationship, Collaboration, Nondirective feedback, Question support First Paragraph For most universities, writing centers are becoming increasingly common enhancements of campus life. For some of these centers, computers…

Comparing Email and Synchronous Conferencing in Online Peer Response (2001)

Post author:Jenelle
Post published:January 1, 2001
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This article details study results comparing e-mail and synchronous conferencing as vehicles for online peer response.

Making Synchronous, On-line Tutorials Easier: Microsoft’s NetMeeting 3.1 (2001)

Post author:Jenelle
Post published:January 1, 2001
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Writing center staff will be glad to know that in upgrading NetMeeting from 2.1 to 3.1, Microsoft has introduced some significant improvements which will make synchronous, on-line tutorials easier and more efficient to conduct than in the past.

E-mail Tutoring and Apprehensive Writers: What Research Tells Us (2000)

Post author:Cynthia Pengilly
Post published:January 2, 2000
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Keywords: asynchronous, email, access, writing apprehension, anxiety, privacy, hierarchy, equal participation

Cyberspace and Sofas: Dialogic Spaces and the Making of an Online Writing Lab (2000)

Post author:Cynthia Pengilly
Post published:January 2, 2000
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Keywords asynchronous, written feedback, discussion boards, synchronous, text-chat, chatrooms, dialogic spaces, website design Citation Information Type of Source: Book Article Authors: Eric Miraglia, Joel Norris Year of Publication: 2000 Title: "Cyberspace…

Emerging (Web)sites for Writing Centers: Practicality, Usage, and Multiple Voices under Construction (2000)

Post author:Cynthia Pengilly
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Keywords program description, writing across the curriculum (WAC), website design, research study, usability questionnaire Citation Information Type of Source: Book Article Authors: Michael Colpo, Shawn Fullmer, Brad E. Lucas Year…

Advice to the Linelorn: Crossing State Borders and the Politics of Cyberspace (2000)

Post author:Cynthia Pengilly
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Keywords asynchronous, synchronous, MOOs, community colleges, cross-institutional collaboration, program description, program development Citation Information Type of Source: Book Article Authors: Jennifer Jordan-Henley, Barry M. Maid Year of Publication: 2000 Title: "Advice…