Enhancing electrical engineering students´ communication skills-the baseline findings

Author

Zimmerman, Donald E. ; Palmquist, Michael ; Kiefer, Kate ; Vest, David ; Long, Marilee ; Tipton, Martha ; Thomas, Laura

Author_Institution

Dept. of Tech. Journalism & Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Sep-1 Oct 1994

Firstpage

412

Lastpage

417

Abstract

In 1993, we initiated a five-year project to enhance the communication skills of electrical engineering students. For our 1994 presentation, we report selected findings of our initial surveys of electrical engineering students, and then we highlight the communication activities of recent graduates. Finally, we briefly describe the process that we will use in developing the products-hypertext applications, tutorials, and online help-for the Online Writing Center

Keywords

electrical engineering; hypermedia; reviews; technical presentation; Online Writing Center; communication activities; communication skills; electrical engineering students; graduates; hypertext applications; online help; product development; surveys; tutorials; Communications technology; Electrical engineering; Electrical engineering computing; Electronic mail; Engineering education; Management training; Personnel; Project management; Telephony; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1994. IPCC '94 Proceedings. Scaling New Heights in Technical Communication., International

Conference_Location

Banff, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1936-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1994.347488

Filename

347488