Browse our archive of posts and recordings for past events.
On Monday, May 15th, panelists Mohsine Bensaid, Maura Grady, Laura Hardin Marshall, and Sarah-Jean Watt offered presentations on their approaches to asynchronous tutoring practices across a variety of institutional contexts.…
On Tuesday, October 4th, panelists Dr. Candis Bond, Dr. Scott Whiddon, and Dr. Carolyn Wisniewski engaged the audience in a discussion of how writing center directors, at a variety of…
On Wednesday, August 24th at 1 p.m. ET, Clarissa J. Walker presented “Story Culture Live: Homegrown Storytelling as Actionable Anti-Racism Work.” Clarissa introduced the components of the SCL framework: Agency, Kinship,…
On July 20, 2022, Rikki Corniola led a webinar on “What's Your Story?: Work Backwards from Your Goals to Identify Data Points and Evidence to Support Your Writing Center.” This…
The Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA) hosted our first virtual conference on October 4-8, 2021, on the theme of interdependence in the online writing center. Call for Proposals Interdependence is…
On August 10, 2021, J. M. Dembsey led a webinar on "Introduction to Digital Accessibility Principles." The webinar discussed headings, vertical lists, descriptive hyperlinks, alternative text, and image descriptions. Examples…
On October 29, 2020, Jenelle Dembsey, Sarah Prince, and Elle Tyson (the OWCA Executive Board) hosted a special interest group at the International Writing Center Association's Listen. Learn. Lead. online event.
On October 26, 2020, Eric Camarillo presented on “Enacting Antiracism in Asynchronous Writing Consultations.” Over 140 professionals attended. The goal of this presentation was to reframe the value of asynchronous writing center…
On October 2, 2020, Zandra L. Jordan presented on "Racial Justice and Online Writing Center Practice." Over 145 professionals attended. Zandra introduced the theoretical frame of Womanist Ethics and facilitated attendee reflection on racial justice in their online writing centers.
On September 8, 2020, Lisa Eastmond Bell presented on "Shaping Online Tutoring Practice: Research and Reflection over Replication." As Lisa explained, online tutoring at its best is shaped by learners and learning and not simply an attempt to replicate in-person tutoring practices.