{"id":47,"date":"2023-05-11T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/chapter\/message-from-the-instructor-26\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:58:52","slug":"message-from-the-instructor-26","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/chapter\/message-from-the-instructor-26\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Technical Writing","rendered":"Why It Matters: Technical Writing"},"content":{"raw":"In this section, we will review learning contents of each module. You will create a plan for how\u00a0you intend to complete each module in order\u00a0to successfully\u00a0complete the course.\u00a0In addition, you will learn the\u00a0definition of\u00a0technical writing and how to create clear and easy access to information by\u00a0formatting and using language. You will gain an understanding of the differences between academic writing and technical writing.\u00a0 Furthermore, you will be introduced to\u00a0cultural communication and ethics.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/297\/2015\/03\/20165503\/gears.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1827\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/297\/2015\/03\/20165503\/gears-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gears on Hardwood\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>","rendered":"<p>In this section, we will review learning contents of each module. You will create a plan for how\u00a0you intend to complete each module in order\u00a0to successfully\u00a0complete the course.\u00a0In addition, you will learn the\u00a0definition of\u00a0technical writing and how to create clear and easy access to information by\u00a0formatting and using language. You will gain an understanding of the differences between academic writing and technical writing.\u00a0 Furthermore, you will be introduced to\u00a0cultural communication and ethics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/297\/2015\/03\/20165503\/gears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1827\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/297\/2015\/03\/20165503\/gears-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gears on Hardwood\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-47\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Technical Writing. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Dr. Elizabeth Lohman. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Tidewater Community College. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tcc.edu\/\">http:\/\/www.tcc.edu\/<\/a>. <strong>Project<\/strong>: Z Degree Program. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Image of Gears. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Sonny Abesamis. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7yahjS\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7yahjS<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":395986,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Technical Writing\",\"author\":\"Dr. Elizabeth Lohman\",\"organization\":\"Tidewater Community College\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.tcc.edu\/\",\"project\":\"Z Degree Program\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Image of Gears\",\"author\":\"Sonny Abesamis\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7yahjS\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-47","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":46,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/47\/revisions\/265"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/46"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/47\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-technicalwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}