High-Tech Invention : Examining the Relationship Between Technology and Idea Generation in the Docum... Examining the Relationship Between Technology and Idea Generation in the Document Design Process

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Beteiligte: Lauer, Claire
In: Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 29, 2015, 4, S. 367-402
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 367-402
ISSN: 1050-6519
1552-4574
DOI: 10.1177/1050651915588146
veröffentlicht in: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> This article proposes a more complex consideration of the idea-generation stage of the document design process. Survey data collected from multiple sections of graphic design and technical communication classes show that design software and other technology can help students generate solutions to design problems by enabling them to realize design options that they may not have known exist and to adopt a bricolage approach to design that facilitates the process. The author makes several recommendations for how instructors can negotiate the sketching-software divide in their classrooms to ensure that the invention process is optimized for all students. </jats:p>