Creating Community in the Technical Communication Classroom

Timothy D. Giles

doi:10.4018/978-1-59140-521-4.ch005

Creating Community in the Technical Communication Classroom

Timothy D. Giles

English

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A listserv can help to create a sense of community in a technical communication classroom. After reviewing relevant literature from Composition Studies, the author introduces the Psychological Sense of Community concept, which provides a research tool to direct a quantitative evaluation of the sense of community in four technical communication classes, two that use a listserv and two that do not. The author concludes that technical communication students would benefit from learning to become members of this type of discourse community because of its relevance to the working world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internet-Based Workplace Communications
Subtitle of host publication	Industry and Academic Applications
Publisher	IGI Global
Pages	88-106
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781591405238
ISBN (Print)	9781591405214
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-521-4.ch005
State	Published - Jan 1 2004

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General Computer Science
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Business, Management and Accounting

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