Communication Presentation and Scientific Work

This course teaches the basics for writing scientific texts. Supporting tools and techniques are also presented.

• Scientific working techniques
• Characteristics of technical texts
• Writing process and time management
• Formal requirements for manuscript design, quotations, supporting documents and bibliography, etc.
• Literature research techniques
• Digitised literature administration (with Zotero)
• Formal requirements, methods and techniques for creating and conducting a presentation
• Images and mental models; self-image vs. how others percive us, feedback and -forward; techniques vs. communication as attitude; differences of perceiving, describing and evaluating
• Guidance and coaching for creating a presentation: process steps and time management
• Discussion and feedback rounds

This course provides professional and methodological competence (F/M) for the preparation of scientific texts as well as for the use of tools and techniques for the presentation of specialist topics. The students

•  know the formal requirements of academic writing and are able to name, explain and apply them
•  know working techniques for writing scientific texts and can estimate and structure the workload involved
•  recognise characteristic text patterns in the analysis of texts
•  are able to describe or summarise facts without value
•  know methods to structure technical and environmental-economic contents for a presentation and are able to apply them
•  are familiar with the use of professional presentation techniques
•  can apply the most important rules for communication & presentation processes
•  understand the connection between perceiving, describing and evaluating and recognize that, regarding those aspects, the factors of space and time play a major role

On the other hand, joint discussions in workshops and group work promote social and communicative skills (S/K) and self-competence (S).

•     Lecture
•     Work in small groups
•     Short presentation
•     self-study

• Conception and writing of a short subject related text including argumentation and group feedback (30%).
• Presentation outline & group presentation (70%)

To complete this course sucessfuly, all parts of this course must be passed.

None

• Birkenbihl, Vera F.. Kommunikationstraining: Zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen erfolgreich gestalten, mvg Verlag, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vorarlberg/detail.action?docID=2027392.
• Mayer, Brigitte (2020): Schreiben im Studium. Formalkriterien Wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten. Ein Leitfaden. Lehrunterlage der Fachhochschule Vorarlberg. Dornbirn. In der jeweils aktuellen Onlineausgabe über das Schreibzentrum der FHV-Bibliothek zugänglich
• Mentzel, Wolfgang. Erfolgreiche Vorträge und Präsentationen : Überzeugend auftreten, Lampenfieber beherrschen, C.H. Beck, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vorarlberg/detail.action?docID=6144122.
• Hall, Richard (2011): Brilliant presentation: what the best presenters know, do and say. 3. Harlow: Prentice Hall
• Lammerding-Köppel, Maria u.a. (2019): Erfolgreich präsentieren im Studium. 5220. Stuttgart: Verlag Eugen Ulmer
• Schulenburg, Nils; SpringerLink (Online service) (2018): Exzellent präsentieren: Die Psychologie erfolgreicher Ideenvermittlung - Werkzeuge und Techniken für herausragende Präsentationen. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

• in-class teaching
• attendance requirements are determined by the lecturers in the first lecture