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Eportfolios: Proving Competency and Building a Network
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Kryder, LeeAnne G. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2011
Use of eportfolios for business communication students in an advanced two-quarter capstone brought an unexpected networking opportunity, in addition to their conventional use as a showcase for student writing and research. This article discusses how students developed their eportfolios. Then, through use of a course website providing an optional…
Descriptors: College Students, Business Administration Education, Electronic Publishing, Competency Based Education
The Internship Report.
Corey, Jim; Killingsworth, M. Jimmie – Technical Writing Teacher, 1987
Recommends a four-part structure for retrospective internship reports: (1) introduction, (2) narrative, (3) analysis and evaluation, and (4) appendix. Advises teachers to present the report form to the student before the internship begins to add structure to the internship experience. (SKC)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Layout (Publications)
The Technical Communication Internship: An Application of Experiential Learning Theory.
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Little, Sherry Burgus – Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1993
Shows how experiential learning theory provides a theoretical foundation for studying technical communication internships. Provides data from a study of participant views of the internship program. Raises questions about how respondents perceived their experiences and how these views often conflicted. (HB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Educational Research, Employee Attitudes
Expanding Internships to Enhance Academic-Industry Relations: A Perspective in Stakeholder Education
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St. Amant, Kirk – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2003
To improve technical communication education, educators and internship providers need to find ways to revise internship experiences so that educators, internship providers, and students/interns can use internship experiences in a way that benefits all three parties. This article uses a stakeholder education approach to propose two new kinds of…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Student Publications, Stakeholders, School Business Relationship
German for Engineers and Scientists: Initiatives in International Education.
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Weinmann, Sigrid – 1995
The Michigan Technological University program in German area studies is described. The program is designed for science and engineering students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Its components include: a 1-year scientific German sequence, stressing specialized vocabulary, reading skills, use of reference materials, translation into…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Proceedings of the Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages for Business and the Professions (5th, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 10-12, 1986).
Voght, Geoffrey M., Comp. – 1986
Forty-five conference papers are presented in six sections: getting started in languages for special purposes (concerning teaching, curriculum development, finding, and resources); Spanish for business and the professions; French for business and the professions; other languages (English as a second language, German, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Cultural Context
Proceedings of the Annual Eastern Michigan University Conference on Languages for Business and the Professions (7th, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7-9, 1988).
Des Harnais, Gaston, Ed. – 1988
Eighty-nine conference papers are presented in 10 sections: (1) language and cultural factors in conducting international business (qualifications for success as an international manager, staffing of international departments, role of second language proficiency, and international management concepts); (2) interdisciplinary language and business…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Area Studies, Business Administration Education