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Virtual Records: Writing in Organisations

Design team:

Marsha Durham, University of Western Sydney and
Russ Pennell, University of Wollongong

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Description:

In Writing in Organisations students learn business communication skills by accepting temporary employment in a virtual recording company. They are given a complex task to complete, where they need to prepare a report on whether the company would benefit from the introduction of an internal newsletter. In order to complete this activity, they make appointments, keep a diary, 'interview' the director and other employees, and write letters, and memos as required.

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Pennell, R., Durham, M., Ozog, M., & Spark, A. (1997). Writing in context: Situated learning on the web. In R. Kevill, R. Oliver , & R. Phillips (Eds.), What works and why: Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (pp. 463-469). Perth, WA: Curtin University. Available: http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth97/papers/Pennell/Pennell.html

Durham, M. & Pennell, R. (2002). Description of Virtual Records: An online situated learning environment to assist in the development of professional writing skills. Available from Learning Designs website: http://www.learningdesigns.uow.edu.au/exemplars/info/LD15/index.html

Durham, M. & Pennell, R., (1998). Educational Value-Adding in Simulated Workplaces", Apple University Consortium Academic Conference 98, Melbourne, September 1998.