{"title":"Culture and Text-Graphic Relationship - A Study of Automotive Service Literature from China and Germany","authors":"W. Yiqin, Jiang Yuanzhi, Wang Dan","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464092","url":null,"abstract":"Visual communication has aroused great research interest due to the prevalence of computer technology. Researches on intercultural communication indicate that diversified visual communication is shaped by cultures. To achieve the best effects in intercultural communications, it is important to understand the differences of the visual communication between different cultures. Based on an empirical study of the automotive literatures between China and Germany, the differences on the characteristic of technical illustration related to the text-graphic relationship are identified and the cultural background is explored.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124971844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Go Green: Making the Case for Eco-Friendly Printing at Your Organization","authors":"Roger Munger","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464096","url":null,"abstract":"Relying on 100-percent virgin paper and petroleum-based inks, traditional printing strategies leave a large and damaging ecological footprint on our planet. Green-minded consumers concerned about our environment are pressuring businesses to adopt green printing practices-and rewarding those who do so with their dollars. The development of new eco-friendly inks, paper, and print processes have made it easier for professional communicators to take their companies in a green direction and print eco-friendly documents. This paper discusses strategies for being an advocate for environmentally responsible printing practices and describes some of the eco-friendly and price-competitive print options now available.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126547123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Text Slides Compared to Visualizations on Learning and Appreciation in Lectures","authors":"W. Blokzijl, B. Andeweg","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464074","url":null,"abstract":"Visual support of presentations generally consists of text or real visualizations, such as pictures and diagrams. Most speakers prefer text slides in a bullet layout. Yet their audiences like real visualizations better. The question is: which of these two types of presentation support is better in terms of learning effects? In a large-scale experiment (N=237), we tried to determine the most effective way to visually support a presentation. We used a real-life 15-minute lecture on the topic of persuasion strategies. The independent variable was the content of the slide. Regarding the slide content, we employed three variations: ldr no visual support ldr slides with text ldr slides with real visualizations (diagrams, pictures etcetera) The dependent variables were a multiple-choice questionnaire to measure the comprehension of the listeners, and a Likert-like questionnaire to measure the attitudes of the listeners regarding presentation and slides. The outcome of this experiment suggests that, from a learning point of view, text slides support a presentation at least as well as visualizations, and that text on the slides does not need to be concise. But although listeners learn more from text slides, they prefer the visual kind significantly.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127232394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consolidative ESP","authors":"K. Okamoto, H. Dan, E. Yamamoto, M. Fuyuki","doi":"10.1109/ipcc.2007.4464050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ipcc.2007.4464050","url":null,"abstract":"There is an ever increasing demand from industry that engineers, especially those in the field of computer science, have a better command of English. This paper reports the pilot ESP teaching project in one of the biggest faculties of engineering in Japan. About 150 second-year students were given the weekly assignment of translating what they had learned in class about a programming language into English. The project was carried out by a team of specialists, both in the content area and language teaching, and implemented on CEAS, an e-learning platform which emphasizes the face-to-face lecture. The project proved to be successful as the test results in English and the programming language showed a strong correlation. The student perception of the demanding curriculum was also positive. Through trial and error in the course of one year, the ESP teaching curriculum for the first to third year students was developed.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114245542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication solutions for today's engineering management","authors":"J. Jekielek","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464048","url":null,"abstract":"Today's perpetually improving technology brings new equipment, systems, solutions and semantics. Engineering requirements become greater and the level of complexity, cost, and humbug tend to increase. This paper offers communication solutions for today's engineering management challenges based on the use of certain models. Those models are simplified presentations of complex, elaborate, or vague concepts, designed to accelerate the learning process and extend retention of acquired knowledge and/or skills. Two model examples are used. Some traps and urban myths surrounding new technologies (and also older ones) are unveiled. An increased importance of recognizing needs for integration of technical and non-technical content are stressed. Skills and practices, necessary to succeed today are pointed out. Three stories, taken straight from the author's experience are told. They indicate the potential for sad happenings where end users not only vastly overpay for engineering work, but also receive clearly inferior product. It is followed by discussion on how application of those models leads to formulation of 'meta-consulting' where both technical and non-technical aspects are quickly assessed to form a basis for powerful, rapid-engagement, clear, priority-based solutions.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126251606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ten Years of Transatlantic Cooperation: Experiences and Perspectives of Two Departments","authors":"J. Ramey, M. Steehouder","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464056","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the experiences of two academic departments that have been engaged in a transatlantic cooperation for the past ten years. The cooperation has included student exchanges, faculty exchanges, joint research, and a series of international summer workshops on communication design. The paper provides lessons learned from the cooperation that can be of use for other departments that are considering similar relationships and discusses some of our expectations for the future of the relationship.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134334746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing Technical Communication: Contemporary Applications for Advance Organizers","authors":"K. R. Price","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464047","url":null,"abstract":"The basic principles of advance organizers set down by David Ausubel have become among the most widely used methods of instruction in schools today, but this approach has been limited for the most part to classroom instruction in primary and secondary schools and has not seen widespread discussion and application in technical communication theory and practice. This presentation examines the concept of advance organizers, categorizes the different types of advance organizers - textual, oral, and graphical - then illustrates how professional communicators may use rich media product simulation software to expand these categories with second-generation advance organizers that provide multimodality, interactivity, and feedback to technical documents.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129508638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating New Techniques for Developing Meaningful Models of Knowledge Work","authors":"M. Zachry","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464055","url":null,"abstract":"With the proliferation of networked digital technologies and the concurrent fragmentation of work in globalized business organizations, knowledge work is developing along complex lines that are not accounted for adequately in our literature. The field of technical communication, for example, is being redefined as its professionals are articulated to work practices that did not exist months earlier. In an attempt to provide a principled means for making sense of such knowledge work, this paper reports on an ongoing effort to develop new techniques for creating meaningful models of work today. The paper offers an overview of this research and suggests ways that this investigation will be pursued in the future.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122417570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Usability and Usefulness in Bioinformatics: Evaluating a Tool for Querying and Analyzing Protein Interactions Based on Scientists' Actual Research Questions","authors":"B. Mirel","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464064","url":null,"abstract":"Usability testing for bioinformatics tools rarely assesses user performance for scientists' real world, complex analyses. This article discusses findings from a user performance test in which scientists queried a protein-protein interaction tool and selected items of interest from search results for further analysis. Findings reveal scientists' criteria for making their selective judgments, the content they required for judging search results by these criteria, and the arrangements of content and program interactivity that would facilitate their judgments. For usefulness, findings show how tool designs must accord in content, arrangement, and interactivity with scientists' goals criteria, and ways of knowing.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124360968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotte van Hooijdonk, Alfons Maes, Jurry de Vos, M. Theune, E. Krahmer, W. Bosma
{"title":"On the Role of Visuals in Multimodal Answers to Medical Questions","authors":"Charlotte van Hooijdonk, Alfons Maes, Jurry de Vos, M. Theune, E. Krahmer, W. Bosma","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464073","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes two experiments carried out in order to investigate the role of visuals in multimodal answer presentations for a medical question answering system. First, a production experiment was carried out to determine which modalities people choose to answer different types of questions. In this experiment, participants had to create (multimodal) presentations of answers to general medical questions. The collected answer presentations were coded on the presence of visual media (i.e., photos, graphics, and animations) and their function. The results indicated that participants presented the information in a multimodal way. Moreover, significant differences were found in the presentation of different answer and question types. Next, an evaluation experiment was conducted to investigate how users evaluate different types of multimodal answer presentations. In this second experiment, participants had to assess the informativity and attractiveness of answer presentations for different types of medical questions. These answer presentations, originating from the production experiment, were manipulated in their answer length (brief vs. extended) and their type of picture (illustrative vs. informative). After the participants had assessed the answer presentations, they received a post- test in which they had to indicate how much they had recalled from the presented answer presentations. The results showed that answer presentations with an informative picture were evaluated as more informative and more attractive than answer presentations with an illustrative picture. The results for the post-test tentatively indicated that learning from answer presentations with an informative picture leads to a better learning performance than learning from purely textual answer presentations.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122590477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}