TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing Institutional Demands with Effective Practice
T2 - A Lesson in Curricular and Professional Development
AU - Rodrigo, Rochelle
AU - Ramírez, Cristina D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - Online writing courses have developed in importance to meet student learning and institutional expectations; over time, a controversy about training online instructors and building sustainable programs has emerged. This article relates training demands within the University of Arizona’s Writing Program and development of an online professional & technical writing certificate. The article proposes training instructors with master courses and building a sustained program through a participatory design to create a professional and integrated environment.
AB - Online writing courses have developed in importance to meet student learning and institutional expectations; over time, a controversy about training online instructors and building sustainable programs has emerged. This article relates training demands within the University of Arizona’s Writing Program and development of an online professional & technical writing certificate. The article proposes training instructors with master courses and building a sustained program through a participatory design to create a professional and integrated environment.
KW - Master course
KW - online training
KW - online writing instruction
KW - participatory design
KW - sustainability
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U2 - 10.1080/10572252.2017.1339529
DO - 10.1080/10572252.2017.1339529
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021988416
VL - 26
SP - 314
EP - 328
JO - Technical Communication Quarterly
JF - Technical Communication Quarterly
SN - 1057-2252
IS - 3
ER -