With our shift to remote instruction, a real silver lining has been a change in the way we can offer peer tutoring. I have recruited undergraduates to be peer tutors on the instructional team for years. They help with some administrative tasks, help to run exam viewing sessions, and offer peer tutoring. The peer tutoring was never really practical face-to-face. They didn't have a space to offer it. It was awkward. Enter Zoom and remote instruction - ta dah! - now they have a space to meet and everyone is OK with remote meetings. Canvas Calendar completes the silver lining, providing an easy way for peer tutors to offer 1-on-1 tutoring appointments and for students to sign up for them. The nuts and bolts:
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AuthorVictoria Symons Cross, Ph.D. Archives
November 2020
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Department of Psychology
University of California
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Associate Professor of Teaching Psychology
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