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“Brave New World: Teaching ESL Writing Online”
David Seelow, Excelsior College
Claire Siskin, Excelsior College
Dianna Newman, SUNY Albany
English as a Second
Language Writing Workshop
"ESL-WOW"
Goals:
to help students write effectively according to the conventions of North American universities
to provide students with the skills necessary to be successful writers
Four modules:
“Getting Ready to Write”
“Developing Your Ideas”
“Revising Your Work”
“Editing and Polishing”
“Avoiding Plagiarism”
to help ELLs understand
• what plagiarism is in the context of higher education in the US
• what the consequences might be
• how to avoid it
Advisory Committee:
Christie Allred, Mesa College, San Diego, CA Ethan Joella, Albright College, Reading, PA Carla Meskill, SUNY, Albany, NY Howard Pomann, Union County Community
College, Elizabeth, NJ
Partnership
Pilot Project in 2012:
30 students from Mesa College (blended)
30 students from Excelsior College (online)
2012: “Human Guides”
Three tutors will serve as human guides for the pilot project.
Demonstration
Evaluation Process
Module Development & Fidelity
Content Reviews
Instructional Design Reviews
Controlled Usability Reviews
Pilot Usability
Large Scale Usability
Instructional Design
Usability
Content
Research DesignPre
Data Collection
Module Use Post
Data Collection1
Plagiarism
3Developing
Ideas
4Revising
5Editing
2Getting
Ready to Write
Research DesignPre
Data Collection
Module Use Post
Data Collection
Pre Data Collection• Demographics• Learning Styles• Computer Self Efficacy• Writing Self Efficacy• Confidence Level (5 areas)• Student Products (where available)
1Plagiarism
3Developing
Ideas
4Revising
5Editing
2Getting
Ready to Write
Research DesignPre Module Use Post
Pre Module
Content Assessment
Student Products
(Where available)
Post Module
Content Assessment
User Satisfaction
Self reported Learning
Confidence Level
Student Products
(Where available)
1Plagiarism
3Developing
Ideas
4Revising
5Editing
2Getting
Ready to Write
Complete Module
Research DesignPre
Data Collection
Module Use Post
Data Collection
Post Data Collection (Summative)
• Computer Self Efficacy• Writing Self Efficacy• Writing Anxiety• User Satisfaction• Self Reported Learning • Confidence Level (5 areas)• Student Products (Where available)
1Plagiarism
3Developing
Ideas
4Revising
5Editing
2Getting
Ready to Write
Initial Pilot Sites
Hudson Valley Community College Science Psychology (Online)
n= 28
Hudson Valley Community College Science Psychology (Face-to-Face)
n= 29
• Mesa College
ESL Writing (Blended)
n= 22
• Excelsior College
English Research Paper (Online)
n= 21
