Tharon W. Howard:UUX Approach to Technical Writing

发布者:邱骋 发布时间:2019-06-03

主题:基于可用性用户体验的专业写作研究

时间:6月4日(周二)10:00

地点:临港校区B教303室

主要内容(中英文对照版)

UUX Approach to Technical Writing

This lecture will provide a brief introduction to Technical Writing as it is practiced in Europe, the U.S., and Canada. Based on his thirty years of experience teaching Technical Writing courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level, Professor Howard will overview how Technical Writing has changed from primarily print-based manuals and product guides to a wider variety of document types and media. He will show how meeting customers’ needs for simple, easily accessible, and easy to comprehend guides for high tech products and services is creating many new opportunities for technical writers in the workplace. He will also discuss how making ease of use a primary benchmark for the documents and information products technical writers create not only improves the employability of technical writers, but it also creates opportunities for technical writers to improve the quality of their customers’ lives.

基于可用性用户体验的专业写作研究

本讲座将简要介绍欧洲、美国及加拿大的专业写作实践研究现状。Howard教授将以执教长达30年的本科与研究生《专业写作》系列课程教学实践为基础,回顾专业写作从印刷为主的说明书和产品指南转变为多种文件类别与传媒的历史进程;展示满足客户对高科技产品与服务“简洁”、“易得”、“易懂”的需求能够为专业写作从业者在工作中创造新的机遇;探讨为专业写作从业者所创造的文件与信息产品制定方便易行的基本衡量标准,不仅会提高专业写作从业者的就业能力,而且会为其提升客户生活质量创造良机。

 

主讲人简介

Tharon W. Howard,克莱姆森大学教授,主要研究领域为修辞与写作,曾获美国技术传播学会Society for Technical CommunicationKen Rainey研究卓越奖 用户体验专业人员协会The User Experience Professionals Association终身研究成果奖等荣誉。