Strange Days: Creating Flexible Pedagogies for Technical Communication
Johndan Johnson-Eilola
Clarkson University
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Stuart A. Selber
Pennsylvania State University
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic created major disruptions in technical communication classrooms everywhere. Although technical communication instructors are used to teaching in a variety of contexts and settings, adopting a flexible approach in the first place will allow them to be better prepared for the changing dynamics of an unpredictable world. The authors present an approach that constructs pedagogical scaffolding to emphasize outcomes, interactions, relationships, and projects. These interrelated aspects form a coherent vision that can support both pedagogical planning and real-time decision making in specific instructional situations.
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- Journal of Business and Technical Communication
- Published
- 2021-01-01
- DOI
- 10.1177/1050651920959189
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Zhang (2026)IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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Moreau (2022)Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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10.1177/875697281604700303
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Wiggins G. (2005)Understanding by design
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