I facilitate an Online Writing Center. One strategy I have found effective in engaging students in active learning to help them develop key skills are workshops that include interactive practice activities. For example, we have workshops on paraphrasing and writing thesis statements that include activities that invite students to work together to create paraphrases of a passage by working through the steps for writing a paraphrase. Students share their ideas and ask questions. I would appreciate additional suggestions for including more acitve learning opportunities in the Writing Center.