Currents 2006 Proceedings


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Pre-conference Workshop

Writing for Small Spaces
Rob Houser

Career Development

Can Certification Open Doors
Jonathan Baker

Your Virtual Passport – Exploring the World of Online Learning
Carol Barnum, Thomas Burns, Brian Curtis, Marjorie Davis, Gloria Gill, Helen Grady, Kenneth Rainey, Mirhonda Studevant, Tracy Wofford

Ten Ways to Increase Your Value as a Technical Communicator
Holly Harkness

Technical Communicators and Online Instruction
Marjorie Davis

Business and Technology

Managing in a Post-9/11, Post-Katrina World: An Introduction to Disaster-recovery Planning for Technical Communicators
George Hayhoe

Connecting New Technologies and Educational Goals: Analyzing Game Engines for “Serious Game” Development
James Hogg
Nan Schultz
Atsusi Hirumi

Beyond XML: Information Design in the Age of the Semantic Web
Alan Gaynor

A Technical Communicator’s role in Agile Development
Robert Armstrong

Knowledge Management

A Pattern Language Approach to Usability Knowledge Management
Michael Hughes

Storytelling in Knowledge Management: An Effective Tool for Uncovering Tacit Knowledge
Shauna M. LeBlanc
James Hogg

Single-Sourcing

Improving your single-source ability within AuthorIT. Plus – Can we stop the outsourcing overseas trend?
Jonathan Ruhlen
Joe DeWitte

Why Single Sourcing Doesn’t Always Work
Brian Fleming

Using Single-Sourcing and Usability to Change Corporate Standards
Christian Walters

Writing and Editing

Effect of Hypertext Annotations on Learning: A Review of Literature
Betty Yao

Writing about Science in Newspapers and Magazines
Don Samson

Providing Editorial Support to Software Development  PowerPoint presentation
Improving the bottom line by increasing support of development activities
Deborah Sallee

Writing for Translation Using Simplified English
Bill McClain

Online Tools

Getting Started with MapCap Flare
Scott DeLoach

Doc-To-Help: The One Click RoboHelp Replacement
Dan Beall

Creating eLearning with Captivate
Rob Houser