I found this on the AERA-J listserve and feel that it is important for
some of us LRNASSTERS to know about these tutoring services on the Internet.
[log in to unmask] "The illiterate person is not one who cannot read,
Frank L Christ but the person who has not learned to learn"
Emeritus, CSU Long Beach [Freely adapted from Gurjuoy/HRRO]
Visiting Scholar, U of AZ
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Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 10:34:42 BST
From: Keith Topping <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list AERA-J
<[log in to unmask]>
Subject: PEER ASSISTED LEARNING - listserver/electronic journal
PEER ASSISTED LEARNING
LISTSERVER FORUM and ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) is an Internet listserver forum
and electronic journal. It is open to anyone.
It is hosted by the Centre for Paired Learning, Department of
Psychology, University of Dundee, Scotland.
FOCUS
It covers various FORMS of peer assisted learning:
Peer Tutoring (pt)
Mentoring (m)
Peer Education (pe)
Peer Monitoring (pm)
Peer Assessment (pa)
Student Tutoring (st) (see OTHER LISTS below)
in various SECTORS of education/learning:
1 Primary/Elementary Schools
2 Secondary/High Schools
3 Higher & Further Education (universities & colleges)
4 the Workplace
JOINING
The address of the LISTSERVER (the software which manages the
list, handles subscriptions, etc) is:
[log in to unmask]
The address of the LIST itself is: [log in to unmask]
Please make sure you keep this distinction clear.
To join the list, send to the LISTSERVER address
[log in to unmask] a command message saying only:
subscribe PAL
Leave the subject line blank. If your system usually
automatically appends signatures to messages, ensure a blank
line is left at the end of the command message or use any
available option to omit the signature on this occasion.
Your acceptance will be confirmed.
Thereafter, send text messages to the LIST to [log in to unmask]
CONTENT
In addition to informal discussion and news items, substantive
reports on new developments and research are welcomed. However,
abstracts or summaries are preferred to the whole report.
Please ensure any references are given in full.
The list will have high volume traffic and everyone's time is
precious. Messages to the list should have a clear and
informative subject line to help users. Please prefix message
subject lines with a code indicating to which FORM of peer
assisted learning and which SECTOR of operation the message
relates. For example, a message about peer tutoring within high
schools would have the subject line prefix pt2.
Where the message relates to more than one form or sector,
prefix codes can be combined. For example, a message about
mentoring by workplace professionals to university students
would have the subject line prefix m3+4.
The list can also be extended to related areas on request, eg
co-operative learning (cl), peer counselling (pc), peer
mediated behaviour change (pbc), peer modelling (pmod), so long
as adequate focus is retained.
LIST ETIQUETTE
PLEASE do not send to the whole list messages intended for an
individual member - check/edit the address before sending.
Messages should go to the whole list only if they are of
general interest or contribute to an ongoing wider discussion.
PLEASE do not include all or any of the original message in
your reply to it unless it is absolutely necessary for readers
to remember what the issues were.
If some information is posted which you consider incorrect or
incomplete, by all means post a correction or mail the
individual privately. However, list members remain polite and
do not indulge in personal attacks on others.
The PAL list will not accept advertisements seeking financial
profit.
PAL is an English language list - messages to list members in
other languages should be sent individually and privately.
Please use conventional syntax, punctuation and upper and lower
case letters, to make your message easy to read.
OTHER FACILITIES
For the facilities below, send the relevant command message to
the listSERVER address: [log in to unmask]
Do NOT send command messages to the LIST.
Please print a hard copy of these commands and keep for
reference.
To end your involvement in the list: unsubscribe PAL
To see a list of subscriber email addresses: review PAL
To obtain another (updated) copy of this file: send welcome.PAL
If you have any problems, contact the listserver postmaster at:
[log in to unmask]
Additional command facilities will be added shortly, including
access to an index and copies of messages sent before you
joined the list.
OTHER LISTS
Related lists and sources include:
CONSLT-L
This list is only for paid up members of the International
Mentoring Association, covering mentoring and Association
business. For information: [log in to unmask]
TUTOR_L
This open list focuses on "Student Tutoring" (st) - college and
university students tutoring and mentoring school children. To
subscribe mail the listserver [log in to unmask] with the
command subscribe tutor_l. The list address is
[log in to unmask] For further information: [log in to unmask]
TUTORING & MENTORING WORLD WIDE WEB SITE
This database has a similar focus to TUTOR_L. For information:
[log in to unmask]
TUTOR-L
This open list (and associated moderated list and World Wide
Web site) focuses on dialogue, development and research
regarding supplementary adult, peer and cross-age tutoring
through the Internet. To subscribe mail
[log in to unmask] with the command subscribe tutor-l
<your first name> <your lastname>. The list address is tutor-
[log in to unmask] Further information is available from
[log in to unmask]
CL_NEWS
This open list covers co-operative/collaborative learning. To
subscribe mail [log in to unmask] with the command
subscribe CL_NEWS. The address of the list itself is
[log in to unmask]
CL
This open list covers co-operative learning in schools and
universities. To subscribe mail [log in to unmask] with the
command subscribe CL <your name>. The list address is
[log in to unmask]
V-NET
The Volunteer Network has a "Teletutoring" project. For
information: [log in to unmask]
Please advise the PAL list if you discover another related
list.
Keith Topping
Director: Centre for Paired Learning & MSc Educational Psychology
Department of Psychology, University of Dundee, Scotland DD1 4HN
tel (01382) 223181 ext 4628 or direct 344628 fax (01382) 229993
email [log in to unmask]
