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Subject:Re: Types of TWs From:Dan Roberts <DRoberts -at- ISOGON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:17:57 -0400
I dunno..... if I'm trying to develop a tutorial chapter for a SW manual
I'm developing, I'd be glad to have heard things from "Instructional
Designers". Never can tell where ya pick up a trick or a technique.
I reckon if ya really wanna stretch a point, all of us are involved in
various applications of classical rhetoric and argumentation. (Now, if I
went back to school, there might be a term paper in there somewhere
<g>).
Dan Roberts
droberts -at- isogon -dot- com
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From: Lisa Meng [mailto:ELMENG -at- TEEXNET -dot- TAMU -dot- EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 2:51 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Types of TWs
Okay, you're not alone. I design and produce multimedia training
materials that are used to teach technicians in various industries about
science and engineering. My job title is "Technical Writer", but, while
I do
a lot of technical writing, I suppose I could also be called a
"Multimedia
Developer" or an "Instructional Designer". I like reading many of the
software writer's posts because they give me an idea of how broad and
diverse this field really is. However, sometimes I feel that few people
on
this list are interested in anything I could contribute, so I lurk. But,
just for
the record, all of you "other types of writers" have some company. - LM