Extended abstract: Using project workflow to teach engineering communication

David Kmiec, Bernadette Longo, Julia M. Williams

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Abstract

The conventional approach to teaching engineering communication focuses on engineering communication genres - reports, memos, proposals. These important genres are, however, often divorced from the professional workplace contexts that influence both their content and their production. In this presentation, we introduce the document workflow approach that is the focus of the forthcoming IEEE Guide to Communication (IEEE Wiley 2016). Grounded in interviews with working engineers, we show how introducing students to the concept of workflow provides them with a richer, more nuanced understanding of the documents and communication contexts they will encounter when they enter the engineering workplace.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProComm 2015 - IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479933754
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2015
EventIEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2015 - Limerick, Ireland
Duration: Jul 12 2015Jul 15 2015

Publication series

NameIEEE International Professional Communication Conference
Volume2015-September
ISSN (Print)2158-091X
ISSN (Electronic)2158-1002

Other

OtherIEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2015
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityLimerick
Period7/12/157/15/15

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Communication
  • General Engineering

Keywords

  • Document workflow
  • engineering communication
  • professional communication

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