“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

For more information:

http://eslwow.org

info@eslwow.org