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Enhancing Engineering Students' Communication Skills Through Multimedia Instruction
Author(s) -
Vest David,
Palmquist Michael,
Zimmerman Donald
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1995.tb00194.x
Subject(s) - multimedia , engineering education , table (database) , computer science , work (physics) , telecommunications engineering , communication skills , table of contents , engineering management , engineering , medical education , world wide web , mechanical engineering , medicine , telecommunications , data mining
After discussing the communication requirements in the engineering work place and what universities have done to prepare students for this environement, this article describes a project aimed at developing multimedia, interactive courseware for use by engineering students and faculty. This courseware is being designed to maximize student exposure to pragmatic communication processes and problem‐solving without requiring engineering faculty to diminish the technical content of their courses. The article discusses design criteria, implementation issues, evaluation processes, and the time table for project completion.