Academic Support

Learning Commons

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Commons Website

  • Academic Tutoring
    The Learning Commons offers online tutoring in all subjects, college writing, ESL, Senior Projects, learning strategies, and the writing fellows' services. Students seeking learning support may state their interest in reserving a tutor at blc@bard.edu and a trained BLC peer tutor will reply with an invitation to schedule a tutoring session.

     
  • Senior Project Support
    The Learning Commons provides one-on-one trained peer support in all stages of drafting, writing, and revising the Senior Project. Students may meet online on a regular basis with a peer tutor from the well-known Writing Fellows Program, talk through and stay on track with writing, and share tips on timing, revising, and presenting the project. For more information about getting set up for regular writing conferences, check-in, and strategies support with a Senior Project tutor, please email blc@bard.edu. 

Stevenson Library

  • Library Services
    The Stevenson Library staff supports students, faculty, and staff by providing online research and writing support, research workshops, and most other library services remotely. Faculty can reach out to their divisional liaisons to request course support, including live research workshops, online research guides, and help finding born-digital course materials. Students can request an online research or writing consultation. Visit the website for up-to-date information on remote library services and other useful resources.
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Foreign Language Tutoring

Language Center tutors offer online sessions. Please visit the Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures website for a full list of sessions and tutor contact information.

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Online Tutoring Best Practices from the Learning Commons

How to Request Online Tutoring

Students seeking support in Senior Project writing, learning strategies, any subject taught at Bard, writing consulting, and more may state their interest in reserving a tutor at blc@bard.edu. The Bard Learning Commons staff will contact a trained peer tutor to work with you.
  • When a tutor becomes available, the tutor sends an invitation to the student to join the communication media of their collaborative choice: Hangouts, What's App, Blue Jeans Video Conferencing, GoToMeet, We Chat, Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, Facetime, Slack, a VPN work-around if in China, etc.
  • The tutor notifies the student through their Bard email account. Student and tutor may then arrange a time for a one-hour session on their own.
  • The student signs in to their email account a few minutes before the scheduled session, with questions and documents ready to share with the tutor. In some cases, these may have been shared online in advance.
  • The tutor chimes in to the communication app, and the session begins. Following Bard Learning Commons policy, tutoring sessions run for about an hour.