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 |  | Beth L. Hewett consults in online and traditional writing programs and writing center development. She is co-author of Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction: Principles and Processes (NCTE, 2004), co-editor of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, and co-editor of English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths (Erlbaum, 2006). She recently has completed extensive research into asynchronous and synchronous conference-based online writing instruction from which she has developed a book for secondary and post-secondary English and WAC educators who teach in online settings. Beth was an initial developer and first director of the online writing program for Smarthinking, Inc. She has special interest in the articulation between high school and college English programs and how to help students succeed as writers and readers during these years. |
Beth Hewett's Selected Presentations
Consulting and Related Experiences
| Beth has participated in high school-to-college articulation projects, studied the effects on an online writing tutorial program, assisted in the development of three online writing labs (OWLs), and trained both high school and college faculty to teach and tutor in traditional and online settings. |
Presentation Topics
| Beth is available to consult on various aspects of writing instruction for secondary and post-secondary educators. |
Participant Comments from a Recent Workshop
| Participants at a recent Writing Across the Curriculum workshop learned additional strategies, tools for working with students, and hoped to keep in contact with Beth after the workshop. |
Recent Conference Presentations
| Beth's recent presentations have focused on preparing educators for online writing instruction, using the Internet to transform teaching, and developing new theories in online writing pedagogy. |
Sample Workshop Descriptions
| Two of Beth's many workshops, one on working with writers online and another on providing maximal feedback in minimal time are described here. Like all of her workshops, these were customized based on the needs of the participants and secondary school/college. |
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Published Works by Beth Hewett
Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction
|  NCTE Consultant Beth Hewett combined with Christa Ehmann to write this book that offers a fully developed approach to individualized online writing instruction (OWI) that is not platform-dependent.
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Review of Online Writing Instruction
| In this recent issue of EDUCAUSE, an IT practitioners journal, Beth's book coauthored with Ehmann, was given an excellent review. The review writes, "Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction: Principles and Processes is an excellent example of how to think through—and put into practice—the principles of aligning teaching with teaching teachers online, whatever the field."
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Review from the Journal of Interactive Online Learning Review
| Here is another favorable review of Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction from the Journal of Interactive Online Learning. |
Additional Publications
| Beth has written a book called Teaching through Text: Conferencing with Students in Online Settings; it is geared toward both English studies and WAC instructors at the secondary and post-secondary levels. She is co-editor and contributor to Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths (2006) and co-editor of a special issue of Technical Communication Quarterly, focused on online teaching and learning (16.1 [2007]: 1-11). |
Professional Readings
| Beth has written on principle-centered online writing instruction, attitudes about tutoring both native and non-native speakers, computers and writing instruction, instant messaging, and other related topics. |
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Related Resources
Education and Professional Experiences
| Currently Beth is working as a writing instruction consultant and independent scholar. She has developed and directed two online writing labs, directed both the writing program and writing center for a community college, taught writing classes in a tenure-line position for Penn State University, and lectured as an adjunct professor both in North America and Germany. |
Research and Grants
| Grants that have funded her work are based on her research project: “Whether and How Students Use Online Tutorials to Develop Writing in a First Year English (FYE) Course.” |
Professional Service
| In addition to her NCTE membership, Beth participates in many other professional service functions. Read about them here. |
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