Engineering and Science Communications
General
- Undergraduate; 1st year
- 24 learners; teams of 5
- 15 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
- 2 projects wanted
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Construction, engineering & trades, Energy, Environment, Science, Technology
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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September 17, 2024Experience start
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October 3, 2024Kick off meeting
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October 24, 2024Mid check
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November 19, 2024Final discussion
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December 3, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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September 17, 2024Experience start
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October 3, 2024Kick off meeting
With industry partners
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October 24, 2024Mid check
Zoom call
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November 19, 2024Final discussion
in teams
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December 3, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Do you have a writing or communication task that you want help with? Bring on learners from Langara College to be your learner-consultants, in a project-based experience. Learners will work on one main project over the experience of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. While the learners are aspiring engineers, we are open to any type of communication tasks.
The goals of the experience for the students are as follows:
- Apply critical thinking in analysis and delivery of communications
- Identify the purpose, audience, and form for communications
- If appropriate, use graphics to enhance the communication
- Document sources in a standard format
- Demonstrate professionalism, teamwork skills and academic integrity
- Learner skills
- Communication, Professionalism, Academic integrity, Online communication, Critical thinking, Teamwork, Persuasive communication, Research
- Deliverables
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Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the learners and the organization.
Some final project deliverables might include:
- A written document including sources
- A 10-15 minute presentation on their project
Project Examples
Learners in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide the requested deliverables.
Project activities that learners can complete may include, but are not limited to:
- Writing blog posts or articles for your website
- Summarizing a technical document for another audience
- Developing a infographic or another informative document for distribution
- Create technical documentation for your goods or services
- Doing a research project and writing up a report
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience.
Be available by email for questions that arise as students work on the project
How is your project relevant to the experience?