Professional Communication Activities

Colleague Voices: Science on Stage

The genre of science drama provides a great topic for discussion in technical communication. A recent National Public Radio (NPR) segment of Talk of the Nation—Science Friday reports that, “From Proof to Copenhagen, plays starring science have met with critical acclaim.”

Pedagogy: Learning Style Inventory

Increasing students' self-awareness of their learning style at the beginning of the course can help them improve their work in the course.

Colleague Voices: Empowerment in Technology Transfer to Low-Resource Countries

Science and social responsibility. Science and social justice. Science and politics. Science and ethics. Science and technology transfer. Dr. Eva Harris works to "demystify and break down complicated technologies and make them accessible...to low-resource communities."

Pedagogy: Criticality of Audience

Professionals in the workplace really do use the concept of audience—even though students sometimes imagine that the concept of "audience" is something their teachers and textbook writers have developed.

Colleague Voices: Jargon

Gain access to a discourse community by understanding and using that discourse community's jargon. Listen in on this segment of National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation as Neal Conan explores "Shop Talk: Workplace Jargon" that examines workplace language.