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Recorded Group Presentation – Use the Elements of Style to Critique Professional Writing

Exigency Being able to identify stylistic problems in other people’s work-product is an important managerial competency. Presenting on the elements of style will help you better understand these stylistic principles. Writing Prompt In small teams, collaborate to create a cohesive group presentation. Select the strongest critiques from each team member’s individual slides. Your goal is ...

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Individual Presentation – Use the Elements of Style to Critique Professional Writing

Exigency Despite the broad range of stylistic elements, certain elements of style play a commanding role in determining the clarity and impact of a text. The most influential among these — brevity, coherence, flow, inclusivity, simplicity, and unity — go beyond shaping the text’s structure and language. By understanding and applying these conventions, writers and readers enhance their communication skills within their discourse community. The Elements of ...

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Information Visualization: Professional vs. Academic Writing Styles

Exigency The human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Visual language matters because it enhances clarity and engagement on the part of readers. In a world increasingly saturated with information, the ability to present content in a visually compelling way can mean the difference between your message being ignored or embraced. Understanding visual language ...

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Definition – What is Professional Writing?

Exigency Writing in school settings tends to focus on academic writing genres such as essay writing. Often the audience for student work is the teacher-as-examiner or, in graduate school, expert-to-expert. As a result, students are often unfamiliar with the discourse conventions, genres, and rhetorical moves of professionals in workplace settings. Writing Prompt For an audience ...

Research-Based Student AI Policy Statement

Based on the scholarly research you have conducted throughout this semester, create an evidence informed AI Policy Statement. Beyond stating explicitly if/when/and how students can use generative AI tools for school work, explain the why your recommended policies. This will provide authority to your recommendations for critical audiences — students and teachers who want to ...

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Team-Based Literature Reviews

This is a three-week exercise with two steps: Step #1: Integrate Existing Course Articles into a Review Working in teams, write a literature review that incorporates the sources we already referenced: Step #2: Establish Teams to Research Other Pertinent Topics Sign up for a Team. These should be new teams. Each team will engaged in ...

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Final Project for Research Methods – Research Proposal

Deliverables If you used GenAI to complete any deliverable, you are required to submit a Metacognitive Report alongside your assignment. For the exercises, the report can be as concise as 250 words. For the Creative Challenge, the report should be more substantive because it should address how your use of GenAI tools across the module. ...