Topic outline

  • Welcome to LC-1114 Communicating Technology H03!

    Welcome to Communicating Technology. The contact sessions for this course will be held on campus in Otakaari 1 (Y308). There will be no hybrid teaching, so you are required to attend in person. Note that this is an intensive course that requires 81 hours of work over 7 weeks, so you should reserve about 11.5 hours of time/week for this course.

    Time and place  4.9.-16.10.2023 (Y308)                        
                                Mon 12.30-15.45
    Workload           3 ETCS/81h
    Requirements    Preparatory assignments 1-7 and 5 Online modules focusing on style and readability
                                Final report, Presentation.
                                80% attendance
    Teacher               Maxi-Ann Campbell (maxi-ann.campbell@aalto.fi). Consultation by appointment.

    During this course, you will write a brief recommendation report and deliver an oral presentation on the topic of your report.  You'll learn to apply the principles of successful communication and strategies that enhance the readability of texts as well as the effectiveness of an oral presentation.  In addition, you will give and receive constructive feedback and revise your work accordingly.

    The work leading to the final version of the recommendation report and the oral presentation includes five online modules on principles of readability in addition to seven preparatory assignments. Throughout the course, you will work individually, in pairs, and in small groups, developing your text and your presentation as well as consolidating your ability to use English in interactive situations.

    This one-period version of Communicating technology is a very intensive version of the course. So to make it fun, feasible, and useful for yourself,  it is essential that you make a good effort from the very beginning and commit yourself to regular course work, completing the assignments on schedule and participating actively in each class session.