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Our 11th Annual Virtual Open House!
STC IDL SIG VOH (Virtual Open House)
Friday, December 6, 2024 – 5:00 pm ET
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Manager’s Column
By Maralee Sautter, Associate Fellow and IDL SIG Manager
Hello IDL SIG members,
As usual, the second quarter (April through June) was intense because of the Summit, STC’s annual conference. Before reporting on the Summit, let’s review a few other events in Q2.
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Overcoming Challenges: The Path to Personal Growth
by Dr. Beth Bailey, STC Fellow and IDL SIG Membership Manager
In my attempt to decide my topic for this newsletter, I started considering the challenges I am currently facing. Challenges are an inevitable part of life, often serving as catalysts for personal growth and development, while still solving problems we are handling or ignoring. While facing obstacles can be daunting, research shows that overcoming challenges can lead to increased resilience, self-efficacy, and overall well-being (Seery et al., 2010).
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The Intersection of Instructional Design & Technical Communication
By Maralee Sautter, Associate Fellow and IDL SIG Manager
At the 2024 Summit, I was part of an Instructional Design panel that described and demonstrated how technical communicators have many of the same skills and experience needed to transition into Instructional Design (ID). In this article, I’ll examine how the tech comm (TC) skill sets and tools can assist a transition into ID. Let’s start with definitions.
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