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crowdsourcing a list of sources for decorations

Via CompPile: "This review-essay of Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch's Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments focuses on virtual peer review (VPR) and its place in composition pedagogy. Breuch's two main points of interest are what is gained by immersing students in online learning, and what could the composition community lose during the transition. In six chapters, Breuch discusses these ideas respectively: 1) how to distinguish the differences between VPR and face-to-face peer review through the use of remediation, specifically with reference to three characteristics of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC): time, space and interaction; 2) how these dimensions play out in virtual communication and instruction; 3) a more focused analysis of the 'tension' that arises when peer review is placed in the virtual world; 4) the challenges of the ownership of ideas in VPR; 5) other concerns raised about VPR; and 6) how VP can be used in the classroom and other writing contexts, the university Writing Center being one example. [Jennifer Maness] "

discussing the number of work spaces available in a center

in addition to the usual discussions about shift limits, also discusses after-hours use of WC space

references and annotations "focused on race/racism, antiracism, and racial justice"

following the death of Tyler Clementi, important discussion of the role of the writing center in providing a safe space/space of action for LGBTQ students

crowdsourcing resources on place

a discussion of the use of cubicles for tutoring in open plan spaces

a discussion of concerns related to writing centers housed in open plan libraries see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=12628140 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=12882123 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=14868131 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=17025124

discussing a move from Humanities spaces to Student Services (academic skills, student success, etc.) spaces

a discussion of office locations inside vs. outside the center

a discussion on how to cope with students who make consultants uncomfortable by scheduling multiple appointments, attempting to see consultants outside of hours, etc.

stories of success and failure

discussing how to accommodate special needs students in open-plan WCs where noise is an issue

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crowdsourcing articles on space design and remodeling see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19472353

crowdsourcing a list of resources related to privacy

a discussion of where directors' private spaces are located within the center see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19637347

a discussion of expanding services to satellite locations