Using Professional Online Portfolios to Enhance Student Transition Into the Poststudent World

McClain Watson The University of Texas at Dallas

Abstract

Although most students have learned to succeed academically, by the time they enter our business communication courses, their time as students is almost over. This article describes the challenges facing “students who will soon stop being students” and introduces the professional online portfolio as a project which enables them to develop the confidence, the capacity, and a concrete platform with which to communicate with the world outside the black box of school.

Journal
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
Published
2019-06-01
DOI
10.1177/2329490618824703
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  1. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
  2. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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