DocumentCode
3482750
Title
Work in progress - an integrated engineering communications curriculum for the 21st century
Author
Paretti, Marie C. ; Burgoyne, Christina Bala
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng. Educ., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
fYear
2005
fDate
19-22 Oct. 2005
Lastpage
5
Abstract
This paper presents an innovative engineering communications curriculum sequence that addresses the written, oral, and visual communication demands of the emerging workplace. Preliminary results show that the curriculum effectively prepares students for workplace communication, while limiting demands on engineering faculty time and class resources
Keywords
continuing professional development; educational courses; engineering education; engineering faculty; integrated engineering communications curriculum; workplace communication; Communications technology; Data engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Employment; Engineering education; Laboratories; Materials science and technology; Visual communication; Writing; Communication; curriculum; speaking; writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Conference_Location
Indianopolis, IN
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9077-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2005.1612098
Filename
1612098
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