Group work and collaboration are buzz words for almost every job on the market right now, but not all industries center writing and communication in the same way that we do as technical communicators. So, how do we expose students in the sciences (for example) to the multifaceted topic of collaboration? In chapter 9 of Read More…
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Interstitial Design and Collaboration: Evolving our Pedagogy
By Cameron Sinclaire “Design, when considered as a core concept of making process-based decisions toward crafting a solution or deliverable, involves recursive critical thinking towards a goal,” Liz Lane (pg. 30) states, author of Interstitial Design Processes: How Design Thinking and Social Design Processes Bridge Theory and Practice in TPC pedagogy. So how might we, Read More…
Creating a Space for Participatory Hospitality in Our Classroom.
So what is participatory hospitality? It’s certainly a mouthful. But beyond that, it is the result of merging the qualities of academic hospitality and guided participation. How can we expect our students to participate in our classrooms when they don’t feel comfortable doing so? Hospitality is centered in the relationship of self and others on Read More…