Problem-based scenario - Teaching Technical and Professional Communication

Overview of Assignment

Based on the information from Jonathan and other materials, we’re going to attempt to create a problem-based scenario to be used in the service courses.

Working in teams, you will target your problem-based scenario to a particular major. Common majors in the service courses include

engineers (all the different disciplines from civil to mechanical to biomedical to electrical to chemical)
business (with a variety of specializations such as marketing, accounting, finance, management, etc.)
health sciences

You need to thoroughly research your topic, and while you can definitely use online sources (such as wikipedia and trade groups), it is also a good idea to do some library work (more academic and scholarly researched) to flesh out your topic.

Deliverable

written problem-based scenario with supporting materials (if applicable)
an assignment based on the problem-based scenario
assessment instrument for your case (can be a rubric) as long as your assessment instrument shows you have thought about how to asses the assignment based on the problem-based scenario

Be prepared to informally present your problem-based scenario to the class.

Due Date

March 20, 2018 (this is the week after spring break. Please do no wait until this week to start it.)