Videoconferencing Is Not a Replication of Face-to-Face Tutoring: Training Tutors to Prepare for Technology Interdependence in Synchronous Tutoring (2021)
Despite past positioning of videoconferencing as a replication of face-to-face tutoring, approaching synchronous video sessions as a unique tutoring mode that demands flexibility is important.
Keywords:
accessibility / usability, theory, training
Abstract
Despite past positioning of videoconferencing as a replication of face-to-face tutoring, approaching synchronous video sessions as a unique tutoring mode that demands flexibility is important. Each synchronous session is an assemblage of people, places, and technology that create the need for different, flexible approaches. This presentation considers the complex ecology of synchronous sessions and offers strategies like having tutors and writers collaboratively develop a technology plan as part of agenda setting and for writing centers to create resources and backup plans to address technical issues writers might face. Strategies like this will support the accessibility of this mode of tutoring for writers.
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Citation Information
Type of Source: Conference Presentation
Presenters: Kim Fahle Peck
Year of Presentation: 2021
Title of Presentation: Videoconferencing Is Not a Replication of Face-to-Face Tutoring: Training Tutors to Prepare for Technology Interdependence in Synchronous Tutoring
Conference: Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA)
Location of Conference: Virtual