Effective Technical Communication Laboratory

这个项目的目的是有效地处理对工程专业毕业生最常见的抱怨；他们缺乏沟通技巧。传统的公共演讲和技术写作课程虽然非常有价值，但并不能解决这个问题。克莱姆森大学工程专业学生的书面、口头和图形沟通能力正在通过有效技术沟通（ETC）项目得到提高，该项目有以下目标：在整个工程课程中整合技术交流练习。为学生提供书面、口头和图形交流的简明手册。3. 提供现代化的设备和技术来帮助准备和反馈。4. 使用交流练习来加强对所呈现的技术材料的学习。计划始于1982年，由工程和英语教师组成的团队于1986年完成了《有效技术通信手册》。一位校友捐赠了100万美元，设立了一个技术通信领域的英语/工程联合主席，这是美国第一个这样的主席。1986年秋季开始了一个涉及160名学生的试点项目，1987年春季扩大到300名学生。选定的技术课程包括书面，口头和图形练习，由工程和英语教师双重评分。1987年秋，该项目扩展到整个工程学院的几门课程，有600多名学生参与其中。为了将ETC项目完全整合到课程中，并为工程学院的3300名学生提供服务，需要一个专门的设施来准备书面、口头和图形交流材料。该设施将包括计算机、激光打印机、视频设备和图形显示器/打印机，使学生和教师能够利用最新的技术交流技术。ETC概念已在几次国家会议上提出，并已收到40多个机构的咨询。这是解决重大问题的独特方法。

The aim of this project is to deal effectively with the most common complaint about engineering graduates; their lack of communication skills. Traditional public speaking and technical writing courses, although extremely valuable, are not solving the problem. The written, oral and graphic communication skills of engineering students at Clemson University are being improved through the Effective Technical Communications (ETC) program which has the following objectives: 1. Integrate technical communication exercises throughout the engineering curriculum 2. Provide students with a condensed manual for written, oral and graphic communications. 3. Provide modern equipment and techniques to aid preparation and feedback. 4. Use communication exercises to enhance learning of the technical material being presented. Planning began in 1982, and a team of Engineering and English faculty completed the Effective Technical Communications Manual 1986. An alumnus provided a $1.0 million endowment of a joint English/Engineering chair in technical communications, the first such chair in the nation. A pilot project involving 160 students began in Fall 1986, and expanded to 300 students in Spring 1987. Selected technical courses include written, oral and graphical exercises which are dual graded by engineering and english faculty. In Fall 1987, the program was expanded to several courses throughout the College of Engineering, and more that 600 students are involved. In order to fully integrate the ETC program into the curriculum and serve the 3300 students in the College of Engineering, a special facility for preparing written, oral and graphical communication materials will be necessary. The facility will contain computers, laser printers, video equipment, and graphic display/printers to enable students and faculty to utilize the latest techniques in a technical communications. The ETC concept has been presented at several national meetings and has generated inquires from more that 40 institutions. It is a unique approach to a major problem.