• DocumentCode
    1309465
  • Title

    Enhancing students´ learning while developing their communication skills

  • Author

    Walker, Mirabelle

  • Author_Institution
    Technol. Fac., Open Univ., Milton Keynes, UK
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    201
  • Lastpage
    205
  • Abstract
    Today there is a need for undergraduate courses in engineering and technology to include work on key skills, particularly communication skills. This article describes how a distance-learning course at the Open University incorporated communication skills. It shows that assignments which encourage students to integrate their work on communication skills with their work on technological topics can also encourage students to enhance their learning skills
  • Keywords
    distance learning; educational courses; engineering education; professional communication; Communicating Technology course; Open University; communication skills; distance-learning course; student learning enhancement; undergraduate engineering courses; undergraduate technology courses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Science and Education Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0963-7346
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/esej:19990503
  • Filename
    827001