Teaching Content Management in Technical and Professional Communication.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editor Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Content Management: A Pedagogical Exigency -- Chapter Takeaways -- Pedagogical Conversations and Content Management -- Networked Agency -- Chapter Summaries -- References -- PART I: Definitions -- 1. Reconceptualizing Technical Communication Pedagogy in the Context of Content Management -- Chapter Takeaways -- A Brief History of Content Management Systems -- Defining Key Content Management Related Terms -- Processes, Challenges, and Complexities -- Content-management-driven Pedagogy Conceptualized and Operationalized -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Content Management: Preparing Technical Communication Students for the Realities of the Workplace -- Chapter Takeaways -- Competencies, Curricula, and Content Management -- Integrating Content Management into Particular Courses -- The Advantages of Focusing on Competencies -- References -- PART II: Teaching -- 3. Teaching Content Strategy in Technical Communication -- Chapter Takeaways -- Approaches for Teaching Content Strategy -- Assignments -- A Note about Reflections -- Future Steps -- References -- 4. Teaching Topic-based Writing -- Chapter Takeaways -- The Evolution of Topic-based Writing -- Defining Topics -- Teaching Topic-based Writing -- Topic-based Writing in a Graduate Technical Communication Course -- Conclusions and Teaching Directions -- References -- 5. Teaching Usability Studies and Content Management in Technical Communication -- Chapter Takeaways -- A Brief Overview of Usability Studies -- User-centered Design in the Classroom: Linking Technical Communication and Usability Studies -- Designing Assignments for Courses Driven by Usability Studies.

Some Final Thoughts on the Pedagogical Relationship between CMS and UX/XA -- References -- 6. Teaching Content Management with XML -- Chapter Takeaways -- Coming to XML -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. A Rhetorical Approach to Teaching Social Media Tools -- Chapter Takeaways -- References -- PART III: Tasks -- 8. Inclusive Audience Analysis and Creating Manageable Content -- Chapter Takeaways -- Writing, Audience, and Content Management -- CMS Ecologies Heuristic -- Conclusion -- References -- 9. Writing about Structure in DITA -- Chapter Takeaways -- What Is DITA? -- Why Technical Communicators Use DITA -- Teaching DITA-structured Writing -- Teaching Structure -- Teaching Bilocational Meaning through Reuse -- Teaching Translocational Meaning through Modeling, Mapping, and Metadata -- Conclusion: Writing with Structure -- References -- Appendix: A Visual Summary of DITA Concept, Task, and Reference Topics -- PART IV: Community -- 10. Extending the Work of Writing Stewardship: Managing Texts, People, and Projects -- Chapter Takeaways -- How (and When) Should you Use this Chapter? -- Why Content Stewardship? Content Management Enables Distributed Work -- Teaching Essential Strategies of Writing Stewardship -- Managing Distributed Writing as a High-Value Practice -- Activities and a Vision for a Career-oriented Vision of Writing Stewardship -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. Teaching Content Management for Global and Cross-cultural Contexts -- Chapter Takeaways -- Content Management and Cultural Contexts -- Teaching Focus -- Assignments -- Conclusion -- References -- Afterword: Beyond Management: Understanding the Many Forces that Shape Content Today -- Chapter Takeaways -- The Many Forces Shaping Content -- Beyond Content Management -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

This collection offers a comprehensive overview of approaches to teaching the complex subject of content management.

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