Title :
Developing online writing aids for electrical engineering majors-a progress report
Author :
Zimmerman, Donald E. ; Palmquist, Michael ; Vest, David ; Boiarsky, Greg ; Long, Marilee ; Tajchman, Ron ; Anderson, Thad ; Criswell, Karin ; Crim, Cathy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Tech. Journalism, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
In 1993, we presented our framework for a five-year project to enhance the communication skills of electrical engineering students and in 1994 we discussed our findings of our initial surveys of electrical engineering students and a study of communication activities of recent graduates in a high tech company. In this paper we discuss the functions of our instructional programs, demonstrate the initial program interfaces that we have developed, discuss our development process, report the results of initial usability testing of the programs, and discuss selected survey results of electrical engineers´ communication practices
Keywords :
technical presentation; communication skills; electrical engineering majors; electrical engineering students; instructional programs; online writing aids; surveys; usability testing; user interfaces; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Computer aided instruction; Electrical engineering; History; Navigation; Signal design; Speech; Testing; Usability; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1995. IPCC '95 Proceedings. Smooth sailing to the Future., IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Savannah, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2957-0
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1995.554915
