"Learning from Weakness Is Also Valuable": A Reflection on Digital Peer Writing Workshops Held during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/in	Pâquet, Lili
Titel	"Learning from Weakness Is Also Valuable": A Reflection on Digital Peer Writing Workshops Held during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 20 (2023) 2, Artikel 4 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-9789
Schlagwörter	Reflection; Writing Workshops; Peer Evaluation; Computer Mediated Communication; COVID-19; Pandemics; College Students; Cooperative Learning; Distance Education; Electronic Learning; Asynchronous Communication; Equal Education; Time Factors (Learning); Peer Relationship; Adult Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; Collegestudent; Kooperatives Lernen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Peer-Beziehungen; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	In 2019, I refreshed a tertiary writing unit in which, across two assignments, students planned and then produced their own creative non-fiction work. Peer workshopping was an important pedagogical tool to help students bridge the gap between their creative non-fiction plan and their final submission. In the discipline of Writing, peer workshopping is central to students' degrees, allowing them to develop a collective wisdom that is difficult to replicate in digital learning environments. My regional institution offers "digital first" degrees, and around 90% of my students learn online. Therefore, I created workshops online in asynchronous, written form, to suit our cohort of mostly mature age students with many commitments alongside study. During the unit, many students expressed troubles in using online programs such as Google Docs, prompting me to reflect on how to best meet their learning needs. Students took part in focus groups, which formed the basis of my subsequent revision of the digital workshops in the unit's 2021 iteration. The need for digital adaptations of disciplinary pedagogies became even more broadly relevant by 2021, as more universities moved online during the pandemic in an Emergency Remote Learning response, and many remain online post-pandemic. Reflecting on my improved 2021 workshops, I ask, how can the writing workshop be successfully replicated in an asynchronous digital space? My response will reflect on 2021 survey feedback on the outcomes of my revisions in digital skills instruction and managing students' time investment. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Wollongong. Available from: Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources. Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Tel: +61-2-4221-3140; Fax: +61-2-4225-8312; e-mail: jutlp@uow.edu.au; Web site: https://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/
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Update	2024/1/01