New media communication skills for engineers and IT professionals trans-national and trans-cultural demands /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Patil, Arun S., Eijkman, Henk, 1948-, Bhattacharyya, Ena, 1966-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
• Subjects: Communication in engineering.; Engineering > Vocational guidance.; Information technology > Vocational guidance.; Engineering education technologies; Communication frameworks; Linguistic and cultural skills; Conceptual mapping; Systems thinking; Communication competence; Technical presentation anxiety; Transnational knowledge exchange; Trans-cultural knowledge exchange; Visualization skills
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Table of Contents:

• 1. Megatrends in engineering and technology education: a call for the communicative imagination / Arun Patil, and Henk Eijkman
• 2. 21st century education technologies for engineers and IT professionals / Chan Chang Tik
• 3. Enculturation into engineering professional practice: using legitimate peripheral participation to develop communication skills in engineering students / Richard K. Coll and Karsten E. Zegwaard
• 4. Communication framework to empower 21st century engineers and IT professionals / Ambigapathy Pandian, Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed Ismail, and Ahmad Sofwan Nathan Abdullah
• 5. Linguistic and cultural skills for communication in global workplaces of the 21st century / Carmela Briguglio
• 6. Conceptual mapping, visualisation, and systems thinking in engineering / Carol Russell
• 7. Embedding communication skills in the study of the discipline / Katrina Falkner
• 8. Engineering students' self-perceived communication competence and technical presentation anxiety: a case study / Noor Raha Mohd Radzuan and Sarjit Kaur
• 9. Educating the 21st century's engineers and IT professionals / Antonios Andreatos
• 10. Multiple dimensions of media communication skills: new demands for transnational, trans-cultural knowledge exchange / Michael Singh and Guihua Cui
• 11. Visualization skills in engineering education: issues, developments, and enhancement / Dayana Farzeeha Ali, Arun Patil, and Mohd Safarin Nordin
• 12. Mitigation of communication challenges in the Indian software industry / Anjanee Sethi and Shyamli Rathore.