Corporate software training: is Web-based training as effective as instructor-led training?IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication - Tập 45 Số 3 - Trang 170-186 - 2002
N.W. Coppola, R. Myre
Web-based training has been both acclaimed as a self-paced, consistent,
stand-alone alternative to traditional instructor-led training and disparaged
for its high development costs and dearth of qualified trainers. Critics
especially question its effectiveness. This case study tests the effectiveness
of a stand-alone Web-based training program and compares the results to that of
an identical instr... hiện toàn bộ
#Computer aided instruction #Costs #Application software #Data systems #Distributed computing #Testing #Software packages #Design methodology #Consumer electronics #Large-scale systems
Rhetorical figures in headings and their effect on text processing: the moderating role of information relevance and text lengthIEEE Transactions on Professional Communication - Tập 45 Số 3 - Trang 157-169 - 2002
B.A. Huhmann, D.L. Mothersbaugh, G.R. Franke
Professionals involved in the creation of text-based communication face a number
of challenges. These include overburdened and often uninterested users
juxtaposed with the writer's desire to communicate relevant topical information.
Uninvolved users are likely to ignore the message. This may be exacerbated by
increases in text length designed to increase the amount and/or detail of
information to ... hiện toàn bộ
#Text processing #Context #Face #Marketing management #Personnel #Writing #Manuals
Literature reviews in student project reportsIEEE Transactions on Professional Communication - Tập 45 Số 3 - Trang 187-197 - 2002
L.A. Krishnan, S.S. Kathpalia
Writing project reports is an important part of the engineering curriculum at
Singapore universities. One important section of the formal report is the
literature review. Most universities around the world provide guidelines on
writing reviews, emphasizing that plagiarism is unethical. However, these
guidelines do not offer explicit training on how to avoid plagiarism. In order
to write academical... hiện toàn bộ
#Educational institutions #Guidelines #Writing #Plagiarism #Scholarships #Production engineering #Engineering education #Asia #Documentation #Ethics
Perceptions of accuracy in science writingIEEE Transactions on Professional Communication - Tập 45 Số 3 - Trang 153-156 - 2002
L.D. Carsten, D.L. Illman
Technical experts and writers often disagree about what constitutes accuracy in
popular writings about science and technology, such as news media reports. In
previous attempts to quantify accuracy in science news reporting, many of the
sources' comments pointed to objective errors, but a sizable number dealt with
lack of completeness or stylistic issues. There has been no consensus among
communica... hiện toàn bộ
#Writing #Computer errors #Professional communication #Context #Terminology