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Now that we have both read the book, however, our impression is that most OWLs are no more successful than ours; nor have we learned anything that makes us want to do anything differently.
This book describes the emerging practice of e-mail tutoring; one-to-one correspondence between college students and writing tutors conducted over electronic mail.
This dissertation analyzes the suggestions for revision sent by on-line writing center consultants in the United States to advanced EFL students in Argentina and examines the students' reactions to this type of feedback.
In recent years historical inquiry has found a niche in writing center scholarship. Most of this history has addressed macro issues—such as the professionalization of writing centers (Riley 1994), global notions of center theory or practice (several in Landmark Essays 1995), the development of writing center organizations (Kinkead 1995), the nature of early centers (Carino 1995 “Early”), and models for historicizing the center (Healy “Temple,” Carino 1996).
Although the physical writing center at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) has allowed us to reach many students and instructors, we still believe that a writing center is a “place without walls”; it is an idea; it is a place for discussion, for seeking, for sharing, and should not depend on particular physical locations. We like the idea of being “wall-less” because it posits that what we do in a writing center represents a better way to write, and should occur anywhere writing occurs.
As someone who began teaching writing in Silicon Valley, CA, it seemed inevitable that instructional technology would interweave with my career, whether in the writing center or the classroom. My experiences, however, have made me skeptical about the relationship between writing centers and instructional technology, and this skepticism stems from what I have seen as several persistent and misguided ideas
Many writing centers have established complex web sites with elaborate “pages” requiring the support of special computer systems and technically skilled staff. Creation of such online labs may appear too costly and involved for smaller writing centers on tight budgets, an apprehension not fully justified.
In this essay, I present an email “tutorial”between myself and a graduate student enrolled in our master’s program in Technical Communication and Information Design (TCID).
First Paragraph Those who have worked in writing centers for…
Theresa, a high school sophomore, sits at one of the dozen or so computers in the common computer lab of her school. There is a sporadic clicking of keys as the three other students in the room, none of whom Theresa knows, work at computers.