Jason A. Edwards, Ph.D. Bridgewater State University
My background teaching Introduction to Communication Design of the course at Beijing Jiatong University Goals of these workshops o What do you specifically want from us? o What can we contribute to your graduate students? o Content vs. process?
How to teach the course? History of Communication Studies? o Western perspective vs. Global? Hybrid Format? Concepts or Theories? Combination of a couple of all?
Introducing them to how to read communication research o Initial assignment for reading research Humanistic vs. Social Scientific research Focus on specific subjects or a general format? How do you link together a “bastard” discipline?
Assessment of students Exams o Multiple-choice o Short-answer o Essay Papers Unique contributions of the field of communication to the marketplace of ideas?