Teaching Technical writing skills using Web 2.0 Technology

This book focuses on training engineering students in technical writing skills with the help of Google Drive and Blog. A task-based module was designed with the syllabus of Technical English textbook to train the participants in technical writing skills. The training provided exposure to peer responding, editing, revising and publishing documents. The data was collected from the students' written assignments, questionnaires, results of pre-test, continuous assessment tests and post-test.Error analysis was done after the pre-test, three continuous assessment tests and the post-test.It was observed that the errors committed by the sample in the pre-test reduced considerably in the posttest.Descriptive statistics and test of significance was employed to interpret the pre-test and the post-test scores.The most significant findings were that, the tasks designed for training, helped students show considerable improvement in technical writing. It was evident that Google Drive and Blog created numerous opportunities for students to work on the process of writing.