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本課程涵蓋了科技資訊溝通的形式和實踐。這種溝通可以是通過不同的媒介，從最基本的書面寫作和口頭溝通到網路、視訊和遠端會議等媒介。在整個學期中，同學們分為若干小組，每個小組充當一個「諮詢公司」。課程結束前，同學們將會對多種文體都有所實踐：比如摘要、總綱、簡明技術備忘錄、建議、進度報告和期末報告等，還有微軟的PowerPoint和網上陳述、海報和其他的正式及非正式的口頭彙報等。
評分
課堂參與：25％
提案（口頭和書面）和相關材料25％
網頁 15％
期末報告（口頭和書面）35％
教材
規定教材為：《Mayfield技術和科學寫作手冊》(The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing)（McGraw-Hill 2001版）作者：Perelman, Paradis, and Barrett.
推薦但非必須教材為《麻省理工學院網站設計教學指導》(The MIT Guide to Teaching Web Site Design)（麻省理工學院出版社 1997版）作者：Barrett, Levinson, Lisanti.
This class covers the forms and practices of communicating technical information using a variety of media - primarily written hardcopy and oral - but also Web-based media, video and teleconferencing. Students collaborate throughout the semester in groups as part of a "consulting" company each group will create. By the end of the course students will have had practice in a variety of document types including abstracts, executive summaries, brief technical memos, proposals, progress reports and final reports, as well as Microsoft® PowerPoint® and Web presentations, poster sessions and a variety of informal and formal oral reports.
Grading
Class Participation: 25%
Proposals (Oral and Written) and Related Materials: 25%
Web Site: 15%
Final Reports (Oral and Written): 35%
Textbook
The required text for the class is The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing (McGraw-Hill 2001) by Perelman, Paradis, and Barrett.
A recommended but not required text is The MIT Guide to Teaching Web Site Design (MIT Press 1997), by Barrett, Levinson, Lisanti.
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