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discussing how to avoid requiring students to pay tuition to take a tutor training course

From Praxis: "The warm glow of a computer screen can never replace face-to-face training courses, workshops, or advice from colleagues. But electronic training resources can be engaging supplements; they give us perspectives from outside the walls of our own centers, and they let us move at our own pace through training activities."

discussing how to convince reluctant faculty to adopt a 3-credit-hour training course

crowdsourcing a list of popular training manuals and resource

a report from an academic skills center that offers tutoring in developmental reading and writing and English intro courses; article on using the center to train potential English teachers; mailing list

example syllabi available in the message thread see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=1142725 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19339339 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19083164 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24549384

discussing how to counteract low enrollment and possible class closure see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19344375

a discussion of whether to offer credits and, if so, how many see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=1065120

The U. of Wisconsin-Madison's "Case Scenario/Crtiical Reader Builder is a desktop tool for creating a variety of web-based learning materials. You can combine text, images, video and audio along with embedded quiz questions and scoring to create compelling interactive critical readings, scenarios with decision branching, simulated dialogues, story-like narratives, media rich case studies and much more. The CSCR tool provides a framework for integrating multiple media elements and web resources to make your content come alive with interactivity. Learners can interact with and explore course content, make decisions and receive corrective feedback. For use for Tutors, click the link "Concept Tutor Plus" at the left of the page.

syllabus examples included

crowdsourcing a list of possible texts for a course on peer tutoring see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19344332 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24436340

a discussion of professional development (non-credit/non-course)

a discussion of text selection for rhet/comp courses