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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">These are outcomes we’ve developed for our 2<sup>nd</sup>. year technical communications course:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i>The learning outcomes below state what you should be able to do during and at the end of the course:</i><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.35pt;text-indent:-127.65pt"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Apply a problem-solving approach to any communication task, identifying purpose, audience, and an appropriate production and delivery plan to achieve your goals<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:50.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Apply academic research, analysis, and critical thinking to determine design feasibility: develop a research plan; gather and document information from primary and secondary sources using IEEE citation style; analyze and evaluate
data to arrive at an evidence-based conclusion<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:50.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Plan, draft, and revise a variety of informational and persuasive documents routinely used by technical professionals (e.g. correspondence, proposals, reports)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Recognize and implement components of a Problem Definition statement (i.e. Need, Goal, Objectives, Constraints) as defined by engineering professionals for use in writing proposals and reports<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:50.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Apply plain language principles to generate clear, concise prose accessible to a mixed audience of experts and non-experts
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Edit and proofread your own and others’ writing, using self-reflection and feedback to ensure appropriate organization, formatting, and Standard English usage<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:50.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Apply team strategies including team roles and bylaws; worklogs and other documentation as relevant; constructive communication and feedback; and self- and team evaluation to encourage productive, accountable, equitable collaboration
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:50.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Design documents for readability and professional appeal, including appropriate use of headings, lists, and visuals
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:50.2pt;text-indent:-14.2pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Apply industry conventions for writing units of measure, numbers, and abbreviations
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Prepare and deliver professional oral presentations using appropriate visual aids<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hope that’s useful. Good luck fine-tuning your course’s learning outcomes!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Monika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">___________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Thinking Lights up the Mind<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Read, Write, Reflect, Discover<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Monika A. Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Assistant Teaching Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Academic and Technical Writing Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">ENGR Communications Course Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">University of Victoria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Victoria, BC, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"><a href="https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/english/people/regularfaculty/smith-monika.php"><span style="color:#1F3864">UVic webpage</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F3864"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">As a member of the university community so very privileged to teach and learn at the University of Victoria, I respectfully
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">acknowledge the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples on whose traditional territory the University
of Victoria stands and whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F3864">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ronda Wery<br>
<b>Sent:</b> April 2, 2020 3:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stuart Selber <selber@psu.edu>; Lisa Melonçon <meloncon.research@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ATTW List serv <attw-l@attw.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ATTW-L] Course Learning Objectives for Introductory tech comm courses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Here are our outcomes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Create technical documents to solve problems.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Analyze the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, and context) of technical communication.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Create technical documents that are convincing, effective, ethical, and usable.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Create technical communication projects in collaboration with classmates.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Incorporate and responsibly credit sources according to the conventions APA.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Use syntax and mechanics according to the accepted standards of formal written English.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ronda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> ATTW-L <<a href="mailto:attw-l-bounces@attw.org">attw-l-bounces@attw.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stuart Selber<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lisa Melonçon <<a href="mailto:meloncon.research@gmail.com">meloncon.research@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ATTW List serv <<a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org">attw-l@attw.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ATTW-L] Course Learning Objectives for Introductory tech comm courses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:yellow"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">[EXTERNAL SOURCE]</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> Stop, Think, Verify.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">From the service course at Penn State. Yes, there are 15! Buckle up haha. Stuart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Students in the course can expect to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Discover and understand the discourse features that distinguish their disciplinary and institutional communities from others.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Discover and specify the purposes of their writing. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Develop a range of writing processes appropriate to various writing tasks.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Identify their readers and describe the characteristics of their readers in a way that forms a sound basis for deciding how to write to them.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Invent the contents of their communications through research and reflection.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Arrange material to raise and satisfy readers’ expectations, using both conventional and rhetorical patterns of organization.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Reveal the organization of their communications by using forecasting and transitional statements, headings, and effective page and document design.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Observe appropriate generic conventions and formats for technical documents.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Design and use tables, graphs, and technical illustrations. <o:p>
</o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Compose effective sentences. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Evaluate their documents to be sure that the documents fulfill their purpose and to ensure that they can be revised if necessary.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Collaborate effectively with their peers in a community of writers who provide feedback on each others’ work and occasionally write together.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Write several specific kinds of documents that recur in technical, scientific, and other communities.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Employ computer technology effectively in the solution of communication problems.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US">Communicate in an ethically responsible manner. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Apr 2, 2020, at 5:59 PM, Lisa Melonçon <<a href="mailto:meloncon.research@gmail.com">meloncon.research@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hey Mark - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I'll send you some field-wide data off list on this very thing....but the introductory course (both as seen in the "service course" and in the introductory course to a degree program) align pretty darn closely with field-wide
program outcomes as reported here: <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcptsc.org%2fcommittees%2fassessment%2f&c=E,1,Yw2_DnwiPN5uffAY4Bb7W2BkXEGu5wSBQ0MR1PwKQ6Cek9L73sX78A-Vhw-grSonuz9ubowovuipyxrkAd34SdvFIl6nLmf0GVmAFgWX4Xn0j8s,&typo=1">https://cptsc.org/committees/assessment/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lisa Melonçon, PhD</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Co-Editor, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2furldefense.proofpoint.com%2fv2%2furl%3fu%3dhttp-3A__journals.upress.ufl.edu_rhm%26d%3dDwMFaQ%26c%3dl45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ%26r%3dpixVoNlEUATCd42x07Q5ArPXRPzmxr7XUhwZ3R0VPL8%26m%3dShj3vbvM5sT5RXbA2Q4DPfyv9-MYu0r9-86YpB-c3Jo%26s%3dkHZQlabmFC-di_7ldUObKDW_e4L69mcKBtbd9nAiW_U%26e%3d&c=E,1,ejtGoZFGKKzRyy1gubGz8gIxBx7UC4kvsuikrciKNNEPexnvhOnxCYLsXwLoTObITKlfrH_0Nb40n67jYWPflSTCdzz75s-SqlSfPpQ1YXR-&typo=1"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm</span></a>)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Series Editor: Foundations and Innovations in Technical and Professional Communication (<a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/">https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/</a>)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department of English</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of South Florida</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4202 Fowler Avenue, CPR 311</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tampa, FL 33620-5550</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: Meloncon dot research [at] gmail dot com OR meloncon [at ]usf dot edu</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ftek-ritr.com%2f&c=E,1,S8pNvUlJwvAYzLgf3TsIplm2Xyt9M_IvHYLqner5Zpwv_6kAlW9WfqcUgyoutb13k8hZOX-5gIvoMdvmSaqitjGpLqzBQwo0KRyhs9KiWilYqbM75m918mjQ&typo=1">http://tek-ritr.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Twitter: @lmeloncon</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:52 PM Mark Crane <<a href="mailto:craniac@gmail.com">craniac@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt">I have two weeks to fine tune the learning outcomes for our introductory tech comm course. I would love to see your outcomes, if you have access to them. I realize these are chaotic and busy
times, thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lisa Melonçon, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Book Series Editor, Foundations and Innovations in TPC (<a href="https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/" target="_blank">https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Professor, Technical Communication, Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">4202 Fowler Avenue, CPR 311<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Email: <a href="mailto:meloncon.research@gmail.com" target="_blank">
meloncon.research@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:meloncon@usf.edu" target="_blank">
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