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Communication skills for engineering scholars

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Communication skills for engineering scholars

Name: Communication skills for engineering scholars
Rating: 4.848484848484849 (33 reviews)

Instructor: Nicoletta Di Blas

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

33 reviews

Beginner level

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8 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

33 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

8 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Rhetoric and argumentation, how to be clear and persuasive in the domain of engineering studies.

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There are 5 modules in this course

The course teaches engineering scholars how to improve their communication skills, based on theory, examples and practical exercises.

Module details

In this week, you will learn the first three canons of rhetoric: invention (how to find what to say), arrangement (how to organize what to say) and style (how to “dress ideas in words”). Moreover, you will learn how to take into consideration the “common ground” (mutual knowledge, beliefs…) between you and your addressee as a fundamental pre-requisite for good communication.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment

In this week, you will learn some elements of argumentation theory: what we mean by “argumentation”, how we reason when making arguments and based on what assumptions, some examples of argumentation strategies as well as of “fallacies”.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

5 videosTotal 29 minutes

Argumentation: introduction3 minutes
The rhetorical syllogism7 minutes
Ways to argument5 minutes
Quasi-logic arguments7 minutes
Fallacies6 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Let's practice10 minutes
Week 2- References10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

New Quiz30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Mary dyed her hair green10 minutes
The going backward dialogue10 minutes

In this week, you will learn some tricks on how to enhance your public speaking: how to use your voice, gestures, movements; how to deal with the time you are given; how to prepare your slides. Eventually, you will “experience” what it means to listen.

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5 videos2 readings1 assignment

In this week, you will learn the basics of grant-writing: how to structure your proposal, write a powerful executive summary and “get ahead” of the reviewer.

What's included

5 videos2 readings1 assignment

In this week, you will learn how to structure a scientific paper, write a good abstract, not drawn in the state of the art and show that the results are valuable.