The collaborative efforts of developing an on-line business communication course for international learners

Author

Strother, Judith B. ; Shehadeh, Carol M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Humanities & Commun., Florida Inst. of Technol., Melbourne, FL, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

280

Abstract

Mounting a successful online training course takes a concerted effort by a team of experts in diverse fields. This paper describes the development of a program designed to teach business English and the concepts of business communication to an international audience via the Internet. This online business English course is being developed by a private corporation (Virtual Languages Inc.), with the cooperative efforts of a university (the Florida Institute of Technology). Content experts, ESL (English as a second language) professionals, Web page designers, graphic artists and sound technicians, plus corporate officers, bring together the expertise needed to mount this innovative online course

Keywords

Internet; business communication; computer based training; distance learning; educational courses; management education; professional communication; ESL professionals; Florida Institute of Technology; Internet; Virtual Languages Inc.; World Wide Web page designers; business English; collaborative efforts; content experts; cooperative efforts; corporate officers; expertise; graphic artists; international audience; international learners; online business communication course; online training course; sound technicians; university-industry collaboration; Business communication; Companies; Computer aided instruction; Educational programs; Graphics; Industrial training; International collaboration; Internet; Natural languages; Web pages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1999. IPCC 99. Communication Jazz: Improvising the New International Communication Culture. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5709-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1999.799134

Filename

799134