Slides from eLCC 2014

1. Building Community
Across Constituent
Groups with Evernote**
Elizabeth Kleinfeld
Writing Center Director
Metropolitan State University of Denver
**slides are on Slideshare

2. Constituent Groups
Writing CenterTutors
Writing Center
Interns
Students in ENG 3670
Ages 18-60+
Wide range of
techno-enthusiasm
Varying access
points for
information

3. I wanted them to be able to share
• Notes about techniques and strategies
• Articles about tutoring
• Videos about tutoring
• Assignments from instructors
• Teaching materials
• Thoughts and reflections on tutoring and writing
• Research results

4. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

5. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

6. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

7. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

8. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

9. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

10. What I tried
Wiki
Blog
WebsiteBulletin
Board
Binders
Listserv

11. I wanted something that would
let us
share, tag,
search,
archive
allow for a
variety of types
of “things” to be
shared
be accessible
through PCs,
tablets,
smartphones

12. What I wanted
Allow for a variety of
types of “things” to be
shared
Accessible through
PCs, tablets, and
smartphones
Let us share, tag,
search, archive

13. What I wanted
√Allow for a variety of
types of “things” to be
shared
√ Accessible through
PCs, tablets, and
smartphones
√Let us share, tag,
search, archive

14. PCView

15. iPad
iPhone

16. General Results
•More ideas
•More sharing
•Greater sense of community

17. Writing Anxiety Research Project
• two students
researched writing
anxiety and posted
notes and a report
Fall 2013:
ENG 3670
• An intern decided to
surveyWC clients
about their writing
anxiety
Spring 2014:
Intern • Asynchronously,
four tutors
collaborated with
the intern to develop
a survey
Spring 2014:
Tutors
• I will deploy the
survey in the fall
Fall 2014:
Director
Collaborating across time, place, and space

18. Discussion
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