Creating a Virtual Writing Center to Support Self-Regulated Learning
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted traditional approaches to education and forced educators to adopt and adapt technologies to allow institutions to remain open, offer courses and other services to enable students to continue their education. This rapid shift to online teaching and learning has sho...
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doaj-1cb6b2c63adb4e51be52a3689827de872021-06-15T06:48:11ZengKanda University of International StudiesStudies in Self-Access Learning Journal 2185-37622020-09-0111316418610.37237/110306Creating a Virtual Writing Center to Support Self-Regulated LearningChris Harwood0Dennis Koyama1Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Tokyo, JapanFaculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Tokyo, JapanThe Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted traditional approaches to education and forced educators to adopt and adapt technologies to allow institutions to remain open, offer courses and other services to enable students to continue their education. This rapid shift to online teaching and learning has shone a light on the need for institutions to support students in working out how to maintain autonomy through meaningful interaction in the online world. In this paper we discuss the transition of a face-to-face university writing center to a synchronous online writing center that is hosted in the videoconferencing application Zoom. In doing this we explain the rationale that informed our thinking throughout the transition process and how sound pedagogical principles and a focus on the student experience guided our decision-making. Preliminary findings regarding how self-regulated learning was maintained and nurtured in the virtual writing center are presented and discussed.https://sisaljournal.org/archives/sep20/harwood_koyama/japanese universityself-regulated learningwriting centerzoom |
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Creating a Virtual Writing Center to Support Self-Regulated Learning |
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Creating a Virtual Writing Center to Support Self-Regulated Learning |
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The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted traditional approaches to education and forced educators to adopt and adapt technologies to allow institutions to remain open, offer courses and other services to enable students to continue their education. This rapid shift to online teaching and learning has shone a light on the need for institutions to support students in working out how to maintain autonomy through meaningful interaction in the online world. In this paper we discuss the transition of a face-to-face university writing center to a synchronous online writing center that is hosted in the videoconferencing application Zoom. In doing this we explain the rationale that informed our thinking throughout the transition process and how sound pedagogical principles and a focus on the student experience guided our decision-making. Preliminary findings regarding how self-regulated learning was maintained and nurtured in the virtual writing center are presented and discussed. |
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