Using the staff meeting format to teach oral communications

Author

Olds, Barbara M.

Author_Institution

Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

6-9 Nov 1996

Firstpage

990

Abstract

Instructors in the Colorado School of Mines´ EPICS Program have had considerable practice over the past 15 years teaching engineering students to communicate effectively using the staff meeting format in authentic contexts. EPICS students have made approximately 12 oral presentations in a variety of contexts and to a variety of audiences by the end of their sophomore year. The paper explains the philosophy behind the CSM program and presents some of the logistical and pedagogical details as well as evaluation data

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; personnel; teaching; technical presentation; Colorado School of Mines EPICS Program; audiences; engineering student teaching; evaluation data; instructors; logistical aspects; oral communication teaching; oral presentations; pedagogical aspects; sophomore year; staff meeting format; Computer graphics; Context; Design engineering; Education; Educational programs; Engineering students; Meeting planning; Oral communication; Professional communication; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3348-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1996.573153

Filename

573153