Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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The course develops technical writing skills necessary to communicate information gained through a process of technical or experimental work. The course highlights the factors that determine the degree of technicality of the language and concepts involved. You will learn how to write different technical reports, e.g., laboratory reports, research reports, design and feasibility reports, progress reports, consulting reports, etc. The course also approaches several language, structure, style, and content issues that you can encounter while reporting the results of your research.

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 19 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

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Elena Bazanova

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Московский физико-технический институт (Физтех) является одним из ведущих вузов страны и входит в основные рейтинги лучших университетов мира. Институт обладает не только богатой историей – основателями и профессорами института были Нобелевские лауреаты Пётр Капица, Лев Ландау и Николай Семенов – но и большой научно-исследовательской базой.

Основой образования в МФТИ является уникальная «система Физтеха», сформулированная Петром Капицей: кропотливый отбор одаренных и склонных к творческой работе абитуриентов; участие в обучении ведущих научных работников; индивидуальный подход к отдельным студентам с целью развития их творческих задатков; воспитание с первых шагов в атмосфере технических исследований и конструктивного творчества с использованием потенциала лучших лабораторий страны. Среди выпускников МФТИ — нобелевские лауреаты Андрей Гейм и Константин Новоселов, основатель компании ABBYY Давид Ян, один из авторов архитектурных принципов построения вычислительных комплексов Борис Бабаян и др.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 1 min), 6 readings

1 video

Welcome video53s

6 readings

Elena Bazanova10m

MIPT10m

LTTC10m

Clarivate Analytics10m

Valentin Bogorov & Darya Bukhtoyarova (Clarivate Analytics)10m

Grading Policy10m

Week

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Module I: From Start to Finish

This module will help you acquire knowledge about technical writing, which deals with complex topics in precise ways. The module covers issues related to workplace research that you will have to conduct as a technical writer. Regardless of which technique you use, your challenge will be to sort the relevant information from the irrelevant, and the accurate from the bogus. The module focuses on audience, purpose, and measures of excellence in technical documents. In addition, you will learn what it means to be a good technical communicator.

5 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 52 min), 1 reading, 7 quizzes

9 videos

Introductory video39s

What’s in a name?5m

Characteristics of Technical Writing6m

Measures of Excellence in Technical Documents4m

The Content Approach7m

Acquiring the Three Types of Knowledge6m

Understanding Audience and Purpose6m

Collaborative Writing7m

Writing for Multiple Audiences5m

1 reading

Week 3

6 hours to complete

Module II: Organizing the Information

In this Module, you will learn how to use visuals to communicate a large amount of information quickly and efficiently. The Module provides general guidelines for using graphical tools that you can use to design visuals with the output process of the report in mind. In addition, you will learn how to define a term using various techniques of extended definitions. The Module also provides guidelines for effective planning of technical report writing.

6 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 47 min), 2 readings, 8 quizzes

9 videos

Introductory video32s

Visuals4m

Technical definition6m

Extensions5m

Mechanism Description5m

Mechanism in Operation5m

Planning Stage4m

Report Structure: Part 14m

Report Structure: Part 29m

2 readings

FAQ concerning peer-review assignments.10m

Week 4

5 hours to complete

Module III: Researching Your Subject

This module will help you develop an enhanced understanding of such types of technical documentation as feasibility and recommendation reports, instructions as well as laboratory research. The module covers issues related to various types of academic and workplace research. The focus is on acquiring the best available information – the most accurate, most unbiased, most comprehensive, and most current.

5 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 59 min), 1 reading, 7 quizzes

10 videos

Introductory video36s

Academic vs. Workplace Research4m

Conducting Secondary Research7m

Primary Research12m

Focus on Process3m

Laboratory Report4m

Feasibility, recommendation, and evaluation reports6m

Instructions7m

Checklist for the technical report5m

Style of writing6m

1 reading

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