[ATTW-L] Writing Problems of Young Engineers from the Perspective of Engineers

[Josephine Walwema]

Dear Michael,

This is fantastic work. Thank you.



Josie
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*JOSEPHINE WALWEMA* PhD.

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 9:18 AM Alley, Michael P <mpa13 at psu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Technical Writing Instructors—
>
>
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> Over the past three years, we have been interviewing engineering students
> and faculty at Penn State to learn their perspectives on the biggest
> writing problems and misconceptions that engineering students have. From
> these interviews, we have crafted terse films
> <http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/> (less than 7 minutes) that address the
> problems and dispel the misconceptions. Given below is our film for the
> organization of engineering reports.
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> <https://vimeo.com/352792252>
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> Organizing an Engineering Report: <https://vimeo.com/352792252>
> vimeo.com/352792252
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> Although you likely have a strong segment on teaching the organization of
> reports, this film might interest you because it looks at the topic from
> the perspectives of engineering students and faculty. Learning those
> perspectives has certainly affected the way that I now teach engineering
> reports.
>
>
>
> At present, we have developed a *collection of films
> <http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/>* (www.writing.engr.psu/) that
> incorporate these interview findings into different aspects of engineering
> writing. This collection, along with *our collection of films about
> presenting <http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/speaking.html> *(www.writing.engr.psu/speaking.html),
> received more than 100,000 film views in 2021. This year, we are
> incorporating interview findings from professional engineers into revisions
> of the films. Please know that you are more than welcome to incorporate
> these films (and Kahoots) into your teaching and to assign them to your
> students.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Michael Alley
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> _______________________
>
> Michael Alley
>
> Teaching Professor, Engineering Communication
>
> Pennsylvania State University
>
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