Enhancing Graduate Student Communication to General Audiences through Blogging about Nanotechnology and Sustainability
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- 作者：Lee M. Bishop ; Ayesha S. Tillman ; Franz M. Geiger ; Christy L. Haynes ; Rebecca D. Klaper ; Catherine J. Murphy ; Galya Orr ; Joel A. Pedersen ; Lizanne DeStefano ; Robert J. Hamers
- 刊名：Journal of Chemical Education
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：October 14, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：91
- 期：10
- 页码：1600-1605
- 全文大小：274K
- ISSN：1938-1328
文摘
We have developed and assessed a multiauthor science blog on the topic of nanotechnology and sustainability as a tool to improve the written communication and public engagement skills of graduate students. Focus group studies revealed that after participation in the blog, student authors felt more confident and capable of communicating technical topics to general audiences. Students鈥?research mentors viewed this as an important component of their students鈥?education, as indicated by survey data. Important design aspects of this effort include participation of an editor as well as having flexible content and target-audience guidelines. We have explicitly outlined aspects of the effort we see as critical in order to enable others to replicate this model in related settings.