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Tham, Jason; Jiang, Jialei – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2023
This study examines the role of multimodality in facilitating service-learning goals. We report findings from qualitative interviews with 20 college instructors who have designed and facilitated multimodal community-engaged learning projects, identifying their motivations, goals, and the impact of these projects through reflections. Based on our…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Service Learning, Intermode Differences, Learning Modalities
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Brizee, Allen – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2020
This article reports on the second stage of a 7-year community-based research project involving service-learning students in technical and professional communication courses and nonprofit organizations in Baltimore City. The article explains how students and community members overcame failure to collaborate on literacy and employment workshops. To…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Service Learning, College Students, Community
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Brizee, Allen; Pascual-Ferrá, Paola; Caranante, Giuliana – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2020
This article reports on the first stage of a mixed-methods community-based research project involving residents of a socioeconomically challenged neighborhood in Baltimore City, Richnor Springs, and service-learning students in technical and professional communication courses at Loyola University Maryland (Loyola). To measure outcomes, we analyzed…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Neighborhoods, Disadvantaged Environment, Community Attitudes
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Nielsen, Danielle – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2016
Drawing from the author's experience teaching online technical communication courses with an embedded service-learning component, this essay opens the discussion to the potential problems involved in designing online service-learning courses and provides practical approaches to integrating service learning into online coursework. The essay…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Online Courses, Technical Writing, Curriculum Design
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Bourelle, Tiffany – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2014
This article argues for developing linked courses in technical communication where the instructor facilitates a service-learning curriculum and then serves as faculty advisor within subsequent internships. In these linked courses, students write technical documents before moving into internships where they write similar documents. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Internship Programs, Workplace Learning, Curriculum Development
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Cleary, Yvonne; Flammia, Madelyn – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2012
The self-service nature of today's society means that technical communicators are needed more than ever before since users may find themselves struggling to make sense of online documentation with minimal support from the institutions that provide it. Certain demographics within the user population (older adults, disabled persons, non-native…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Electronic Publishing, Instructional Effectiveness, Communication Skills