Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2017 Open Access

Training Online Technical Communication Educators to Teach with Social Media: Best Practices and Professional Recommendations

Stephanie Vie University of Central Florida

Abstract

The author reports on social media research in technical and professional communication (TPC) training through a national survey of 30 professional and technical communication programs asking about their use of social media in technical communication. This research forms the basis of recommendations for training online TPC faculty to teach with social media. The author offer recommendations throughout for those who train online TPC faculty as well as for the teachers themselves.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2017-07-03
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2017.1339487
Open Access
OA PDF Green
Topics
social media technical communication

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