Former Graduate Assistant Coordinators Publish Article

Danielle Pierce and ‘Aolani Robinson, former graduate assistant coordinators at the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC), and HCAS alumna from the Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media MA program published “Integrating and Evaluating Twine as a Mode for Training Course-Embedded Consultants in the Writing Center” in the Peer Review vol.5, no.1, Winter 2021.

Pierce and Robinson’s article explores how Twine, an open-source platform for interactive fiction games, was used to train NSU writing center staff participating in a course-embedded tutoring program.

According to Pierce, “As the Graduate Assistant Coordinator for NSU’s COMP Fellows program, I saw a need for scenario-specific training when preparing our Fellows to work in the classroom. Oftentimes, the COMP Fellows would approach me with a question or concern after attending class. I want the Fellows to be able to address any issues that arise in the moment, and to continue developing relationships with the faculty and students they work with. When ‘Aolani approached me with incorporating Twine into our writing center training initiatives, I knew this would be a creative opportunity to provide our Fellows with training focused on navigating classroom-based scenarios.”

Their article addresses the need for additional training materials through a supplemental scenario-based Twine training game for writing center consultants embedded in first-year composition. Through qualitative responses, they found that consultants reacted positively to the scenarios within the Twine training. The positive reception demonstrated that Twine can be implemented as a creative solution for simulating situations that may occur in classroom-based consultations.

To read Pierce and Robinson’s article, visit http://thepeerreview-iwca.org/issues/issue-5-1/

To learn more about the NSU Writing and Communication Center, please visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.

To learn more about the Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Master’s Program, visit https://hcas.nova.edu/academics/graduate/masters/composition-rhetoric-digital-media.html