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By Maralee Sauter, IDL SIG Manager
STC’s annual Technical Communication Summit is the premier conference for technical communication education and networking. The Summit brings together like-minded individuals to grow their knowledge of the technical communication field.
Maralee Sautter, the IDL SIG manager, attended this year’s Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, from May 14-17. In the spirit of this year’s Summit theme, “Learn Well through Show and Tell,” she shares her experience.
By Maralee Sauter, IDL SIG Manager
Why do I go to the Summit? To connect with friends and colleagues and to learn. This year, there were seven tracks of sessions. It was hard to choose, so I did my best to attend instructional design-related topics. The following is a recap of my five favorite sessions.
By Jamye Sagan, former IDL SIG Surveys Lead
In December 2022, the IDL SIG conducted its biennial membership demographic survey. Approximately 13.9% of our membership base completed the survey – 47 out of 339 members (as of December 2022), an improvement from 8.2% during the 2020 survey. See the 2022 Membership Survey for complete results.
In a future article, we will briefly analyze the results for individual questions.
By Ruth-Anne Klassen, Student Liaison
Each month, the IDL SIG hosts a “First Friday” social event for students and members. Each edition of First Friday includes a short presentation. Jenn Buckley, M.Ed, MBA, MCCT, CPTD, was the presenter on Friday, June 2.
Jenn presented a demo and presentation on ChatGPT, focusing on reducing time spent on creative tasks and navigating controversy around ChatGPT and similar AI tools.
Continue reading “June First Friday @ 5: Demystifying ChatGPT with Jennifer Buckley”
By Jamye Sagan, former IDL SIG Treasurer
This report will be longer than normal since this will be my last Treasurer report. As most of you already know, I was elected this year as a Director on the STC Board and assumed my new role in late April during STC’s Annual Business Meeting. Since I’m now a Board member, I had to resign my position as Treasurer and my other volunteer roles within the IDL SIG and other communities.