ERIC Number: EJ1298224
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun
Pages: 21
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Selections from the ABC 2020 Annual Conference, Online: Business Dress and Pajama Bottoms--"My Favorite Assignment" Goes Online
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, v84 n2 p156-176 Jun 2021
This article features 12 teaching innovations presented at the 2020 Association for Business Communication (ABC) annual international conference held online due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Readers can explore the classroom methods designed to enhance students' individual and career skills, critical thinking, teamwork, and report writing skills--many are designed to be taught online. This article is the first in a two-part series. The next article will appear in the September 2021 issue. Additional teaching materials--instructions to students, stimulus materials, slides, grading rubrics, frequently asked questions, and sample student projects--are posted on the ABC website: https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/assignments. Presentations in this article include: (1) Assigning a Networking Plan (Christina Iluzada); (2) Integrating Team-Based Learning in the Basic Business Communication Course (Heidi E. Huntington); (3) Reflection Comments: Student Review Feedback, Assess Their Own Performance, and Plan for the Future (Jenny Morse); (4) Remote Video Interview Activity Using Flipgrid (Reid McLain); (5) From Z to X and Beyond: How Understanding the Five Generations in Today's Workplace Affects Communication Strategy (Kathryn A. CaƱas and Georgi A. Rausch); (6) LinkedIn Profile Reviews (Emily Carlson Goenner); (7) Take Someone to Lunch (Susan Luck); (8) Personal Website Creation Makes for a Perfect Final Exam (Ann Springer); (9) Creating a Personal Leadership Vision (Amy Newman); (10) The Cookie Report: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations (Linda R. Macdonald); (11) Making Individual Commitment Matters in a Group Research Proposal (Yingqin Liu); and (12) Students' Organizational Change Case Writing: A Wiki Approach (Suwichit Chaidaroon).
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Assignments, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Web Based Instruction, Business Communication, Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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