ACIT4065 Introduction to Engineering Communication in Global Contexts Course description

The exam consists of a product (multimodal educational resource) together with an individual written report (1500 words +/-10 %). The evaluation of the report will emphasise on the students' ability to reflect on theory and practice linked to the planning and making of the multimodal educational resource.

New/postponed exam

New/postponed exam will be conducted in the same way as the ordinary exam. A revised version of the exam can be submitted.

Examination support material is permitted.

By the end of the course, the students have:  

Knowledge 

On successful completion of this course the student has: 

• an understanding of the role communication plays in international engineering work 
• familiarity with the current theories, practices, and methods of global engineering communication, from current research in the field of engineering communication 
• Be able to engage in guided research on the topic of global engineering communication 
• knowledge of the main communication technologies used for global engineering communication and skills in the use of those technologies 

Skills 

By the end of the course, the students are able to: 

• apply the acquired knowledge to the design, implementation, and assessing the success of global engineering communication projects and tasks 
• use the knowledge of research literature in professional communication to name, explain, and discuss main theories, methods, and practices in global engineering communication 
• critically evaluate and apply communication technologies used for global communication, to international engineering communication contexts. 

General competence 

On successful completion of this course the student can: 

• demonstrate knowledge of the main frameworks, theories, methods, and practices in global engineering communication 
• dritically evaluate competing views on those topics, as evidenced in research literature, and generate frameworks and approaches to own communication projects  based on such evaluation. 

This course is run in collaboration with Louisiana Technology University. During the 2024-2025 academic year, the course will be offered online (digitally). The majority of the instruction will take place asynchronously (in Canvas), with periodic 1-hour long synchronous meetings, in Zoom or Teams. 

In line with best teaching practices from the field of professional communication, the following teaching methods will be used (listed here in order of priority and frequency of use): 

• Active learning and flipped classroom methods 
• Peer review and peer-learning 
• Short lectures and presentations by instructor(s), followed by discussions and informal assessments 

The role of the teacher is to be a facilitator and an expert-coordinator of course work, who guides the students through the content of the course 

An internal and an external examiner.

• Multimodal design
• Digital genres
• Digital publishing and Internet design
• Analysis of user groups and user needs
• Universal accessibility

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for plagiarism and source referencing are complied with. 

For the final assessment a grading scale from A to E is used, where A denotes the highest and E the lowest pass grade, and F denotes a fail. 

Two internal examiners. External examiner is used periodically. The exam grade can be appealed. 

Pavel Zemliensky