Carnegie Mellon University has a variety of education outreach offerings throughout the University, including the Leonard Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach’s LGC Tutoring. COVID-19 forced this program to find unique alternatives to in-person tutoring to support students, which have since been found beneficial post-COVID. With community partners, the establishment of fully virtual digital writing centers allows CMU undergraduate student tutors to offer robust written feedback to high school students. This session will offer an overview of the digital writing center models, the structures for implementation, and details of the mutual benefits of this partnership; featuring Burrell High School and the Leonard Gelfand Center's Digital Writing Lab.
Objectives:
Attendees will be able to identify the benefits of the digital writing lab model for 6-12th graders and undergraduate and graduate students in high education settings.
Attendees will be able to understand the dynamics of partnering with High Education instructions using open source technology.
Attendees will be able to understand how to create a digital writing lab or how to work with an existing digital writing lab
