Internships are an integral part of the undergraduate collegiate experience. Many programs require one, and students gain valuable skills from this hands-on learning. Students often seek multiple internship opportunities throughout their academic career, yet few are available for those in the first or second year of undergraduate studies. Micro-internships may be a solution., There is Read More…
Tag: In-person Course Design
Hidden; Not Invisible
Imagine you’re entering into a new job and it’s your first day of work. The Human Resources Rep. hands you a hefty employee handbook, a list of so many dos and don’ts. The obvious ones to you, could be oblivious to others. The hidden arguments within the company book will only be implied to actual Read More…
Is There Any Inherent Value in Grading for Participation?
by: Amanda Rioux Why do we grade for participation? Does grading for participation, as a practice, have any inherent value? What is participation, anyway? These are the types of questions that drove Critel’s research. Although she never got the chance to answer those questions in full, many of her colleagues, including Obermark, took up the reins after Read More…
Invisible Transfer
Invisible Transfer: An Unexpected Finding in the Pursuit of Transfer By Danica L. Schieber For my most recent summary, I read Invisible Transfer: An Unexpected Finding in the Pursuit of Transfer By Danica L. Schieber. I found the ideas super interesting and it helped me think about how I can be more strategic in my Read More…
Another Approach to Teaching Technical Communication to Students: Through MMoRPGs
Pedagogy, as related to teaching technical communication, can benefit from adapting based on the needs of the user, and one way to understand this is through “massively multiplayer online role-playing games,” or “MMoRPGs,” such as World of Warcraft (WoW). Video games that bring forth so much online culture, like WoW, result in plenty of technical Read More…
Thinking about Space
For my second summary, I read Spatial Orientations Cultivating Critical Spatial Perspectives in Technical Communication Pedagogy by Elise Verzosa Hurley. I think what attracted me most to this article is the multiplicity of the definitions of “space.” In my summary, I wrote, Technical communication has the opportunity to create in-depth understanding of marginalized groups and Read More…
Helping Multilingual Students Be Successful
I’m sharing an experience I had last semester related to the chapter “Multilingual Writers and OWI” – Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction edited by Beth L. Hewett and Kevin Eric DePew. This article talks about tailoring online writing instruction to best support multilingual and nonnative English speakers. We have an incredibly diverse population in Read More…
Discussions around Transferable Skills
In ENL 266, we start off the semester by seeing how technical communication is all around us. It’s not just in manuals or long instruction guides, but technical communication is found within emails, presentations, and other forms of everyday communication. This semester, I have been especially focused on continuing this “it’s all around us” message Read More…
Online Engagement Strategies
Hi friends!! I just wanted to share this article with you guys real quick, it’s called Engagement Matters: Student Perceptions on the Importance of Engagement Strategies in the Online Learning Environment by Florence Martin and it essentially discusses three primary ways to encourage students to engage in class. The goals of these strategies are to student Read More…