Anne DiPardo's amazing essay "The Whispers
of Coming and Going" is, at least on one level, "about" one-to-one writing
center interaction. The essay is not available online, but here's the cite:
DiPardo, Anne. (1992). "Whispers of coming and going": Lessons from Fannie. The Writing Center Journal, 12(2), 125-144.Another of her essays (co-written with Mike DiPardo), "Towards the Metapersonal Essay: Exploring the Potential of Hypertext in the Composition Class," foregrounds some of these ideas.
Questions raised:
What are your predictions for the way that the sociology of virtual interaction might shift what DiPardo calls the whispers of coming and going, those nuanced breaths and glimpses we fear we might miss online?Will Hochman: I still think "hybrid" tutoring makes more sense and if at all possible, believe that combining online tutoring with f2f tutoring is most effective ..
Nick Carbone: Whispers in email can be found between the lines ...
Greg Beatty: I find myself "reading" my classes online differently. I respond to what is said, but I also "listen" for trouble signs ...
Ben Reynolds: Human ears can take in the sounds of 15 people at a table, mostly talking all at once, quicker than my eye can untangle the cacophony of a MOO ...
Fred Kemp: If the whispers of coming and going were creating a ringingly successful instruction, all the alternatives to formal learning that are cropping up wouldn't have a chance ...