Actions and achievements.
Each year WriteAway publishes its Actions & Achievements report, which outlines accomplishments of the previous year and speaks to the value that WriteAway brings to the BC post-secondary sector. Some highlights from the 2013 report include:
- Hundreds of students received writing assistance from tutors during the 2013 pilot year. Student feedback has been highly positive; 106 post-usage surveys were received with an average helpfulness rating of 3.66 out of a top score of 4.
- The WriteAway Advisory Committee has now been established; this group provides oversight for WriteAway policy, planning, and operations, and reports to the BC eTutoring Concept Committee.
- A BC Math/Statistics Exploratory Group has also been created; this group is investigating how Math/Statistics support could be offered within the BC eTutoring framework.
To read the 2013 and previous Actions & Achievements reports, please visit: http://writeaway.ca/actionsachievements.php
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Springing into WriteAway... service updates.
Since the Fall 2013 Update, WriteAway has held two very successful terms - Fall 2013 (Sept. 16 to Dec. 6) and Spring 2014 (Jan. 20 to Apr. 11) - with six institutions: Camosun College, College of the Rockies, Douglas College, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University, and the University of British Columbia. Student submissions kept WriteAway tutors busy through both terms; tutors responded to almost 1,600 writing submissions! Approximately 57% of these submissions were made by students who self-identified as English as an Additional Language learners. The WriteAway Summer 2014 term will run from June 30th until August 8th.
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Join a growing collaborative.
WriteAway is now ready to welcome new institutions to join the service for September 2014. Joining WriteAway is a great way to expand your institution's on-site writing services, participate in an emerging area of student academic support, provide access for distance learners, and much more. A list of requirements for participating institutions is available at: http://writeaway.ca/requirements.php A number of institutions have shown interest in joining the service - be on the lookout for an announcement soon about new joiners! If you have questions about how your institution can become a part of this growing collaborative, please contact Leah Hopton at the WriteAway Administrative Centre: [email protected]/778.782.9573.
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If you would like to learn more about WriteAway, please visit writeaway.ca or contact the WriteAway Administrative Centre
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