Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Welcome to the Post-Class Discussion

Greetings students in the Tech Comm Manager course:

One of the recurring themes in the comments in class was that you wanted to continue the conversation we started.

This blog provides us with a means of doing so. To ensure that the discussion continues, I will post a question from time-to-time.

But please do not limit your discussions to my questions. If you have some--please send them to me so we might generate discussions that will be helpful to you, too.

Please note, too, that I have hidden this blog from search engines and the list of blogs on Blogger, to ensure a certain amount of privacy.

I look forward to continuing this conversation--and to learning from you.

Best,

Saul

Helping instructors to better review materials

One of the concerns raised in class is that reviewers of technical materials don't always review the materials we send them. In some instances, reviewers are late. In other instances, they don't review at all.

Our depends, however, on getting strong technical reviews to ensure that the content we publish is accurate and complete.

Some ideas for promoting the responsibilities of reviewers were discussed in the chat in class. And people wanted more--more ideas for "marketing" the reviewers' responsibilities, and samples of resources they might use.

So for our first post-class discussion, I thought we might take up the challenge of getting reviewers to review materials in a timely manner.

Please share your ideas, suggestions, and resources.

Best,

Saul