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March 14, 2019

The Online Writing Center: Reaching Out to Students with Disabilities (2015)

The case for Online Writing Center services has been built upon arguments of geographical needs, cost effectiveness, and overall time efficiency. A largely overlooked population who would benefit from these online services is that of students with disabilities.

Keywords

access, disability, disclosure, agency, adaptive techniques

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The case for Online Writing Center services has been built upon arguments of geographical needs, cost effectiveness, and overall time efficiency. A largely overlooked population who would benefit from these online services is that of students with disabilities. Stephanie Kerschbaum comments on this overlooked population in her text on multimodality stating, “Far too often, disability is an afterthought rather than considered at the incipient design of the digital text.” The case for Online Writing Centers is no different. As centers grapple with which programs to use and how to train tutors to work in this environment, they overlook the use of online tutoring for students with disabilities. In exploring how this interface can preserve identity and promote accessibility, Writing Centers can create a greater outreach to a diverse student body.

Citation Information

Type of Source: Journal Article

Author: Stephanie Ries

Year of Publication: 2015

Title: “The Online Writing Center: Reaching Out to Students with Disabilities” (available online)

Publication: Praxis, Volume 13, Issue 1

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