Technical Communication Quarterly Jun 2007

Teaching Technical Communication in an Era of Distributed Work: A Case Study of Collaboration Between U.S. and Swedish Students

Marie C. Paretti ; Lisa D. McNair ; Lissa Holloway-Attaway

Abstract

As distributed work begins to shift the nature of practice for technical communication professionals in the workplace, faculty need new frameworks to help prepare students for roles that involve negotiating, supporting, and facilitating virtual global collaboration. This paper identifies key areas of metaknowledge appropriate to these new frameworks by synthesizing a review of current scholarship on such collaborations and a case study of students participating in a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural team project.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2007-06-07
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10.1080/10572250701291087
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