Title
Providing engineering students with international writing experiences Project design and implementation
Abstract
Engineers are often required to work with colleagues located in different countries and from various cultures. The globalization of our modern economies requires a workforce that can move easily between time zones and peoples. However, engineering education rarely offers students an opportunity to practice the realities of our digital and intercultural working environments. This paper documents one way to offer engineering students an international team writing experience. Students from a technical writing course in the US were paired with students from a technical writing course in Qatar to develop a set of instructions using multi-media methods. While the pilot study took effort, organization, and careful planning by the instructors, students stand to benefit a great deal from the real-world lessons that such an experience provides.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICL.2013.6644697
Publication Date
9-25-2013
Recommended Citation
Seawright, Leslie Eames. "Providing engineering students with international writing experiences Project design and implementation." In 2013 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), pp. 741-743. IEEE, 2013.
Journal Title
2013 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2013
