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Teaching Technical Writing: Opportunities for International Collaboration

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dc.creator Leslie E. Seawright
dc.date 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:20:32Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:20:32Z
dc.identifier 2192-4880
dc.identifier 10.3991/ijep.v4i2.3438
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/9338284164fe41a4b73ecd71b185299b
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28346
dc.description Globalization of our modern economies requires a workforce that can move easily between time zones and cultures. Professors cannot ignore the drastic impact globalization has and will place upon engineering students. In order to be prepared for a competitive job market and the actual requirements of many engineering positions, students need to understand the constraints and challenges of working with colleagues that may live and work in different cultures, countries, languages, and contexts. However, engineering education rarely offers students an opportunity to practice the realities of our digital and intercultural working environments. This paper outlines one way to offer engineering students with collaborative, international, and intercultural writing projects. Students from a technical writing course in the United States were paired with engineering students in Qatar to develop a set of instructions using multimedia methods. Students learned a great deal from the real-world experience of writing and creating a project across two continents.
dc.language English
dc.publisher kassel university press GmbH
dc.relation http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/3438
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2192-4880
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 28-30 (2014)
dc.subject Intercultural communication
dc.subject social media
dc.subject teams
dc.subject technical writing.
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject TA1-2040
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject TA1-2040
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject TA1-2040
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject TA1-2040
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.title Teaching Technical Writing: Opportunities for International Collaboration
dc.type article


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