[ATTW-L] [CPTSC] Sex Ed as a fitting topic for instruction writing?

[Salvo, Michael J]

Kaye,

Chapter 5 of Rhetoric and Experience Architecture is Sano-Franchini’s Interaction Design essay. I think the essay excellent and addresses many of the questions you ask in your message, although the author seems a bit more openly activist in representing the content:

5 Feminist Rhetorics and Interaction Design: Facilitating Socially Responsible Design, Jennifer Sano-Franchini
https://www.parlorpress.com/rhetoric_experience_architecture

Forgive the self-promotion, yet this seems to directly pertinent to your question, and she offers such wonderful responses from the students that may help you prepare for the range of reactions your class may offer. Good luck with the class!

-Michael

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> On Dec 31, 2019, at 1:11 PM, Kaye Adkins <kadkinsphd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This spring, I'll be teaching an upper division/graduate level course in instructional design, and I'd like to start the semester with a refresher on writing simple instructions and process explanations. I've thought about what kinds of topics I could assign that aren't something students have worked with in their other tech comm classes and that don't necessarily have a lot of internet material that they could copy. During my morning shower "aha" moment, it occurred to me that maybe they could create material about sexual health--things like how an IUD works, how to use a condom, how to avoid STDs, etc. But I'd like to hear what others think about this idea. Any thoughts? (And I plan to run this by our Title IX person to see if there are any potential landmines.)
> 
> --I don't need suggestions for major projects in the course--I've got those mapped out. I just want to know what folks think about this as a topic for instruction writing exercises.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kaye Adkins
> Missouri Western State University
> 
> -- 
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