The current state of safety information training: Using Schriver's information design principles to analyze a slideshow for an audience with limited English proficiency and low literacy
2019
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The current state of safety information training: Using Schriver's information design principles to analyze a slideshow for an audience with limited English proficiency and low literacy
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2019
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This is an exploratory study into the current state of the design and writing of safety/job training
materials for employees who are non-native speakers of English and/or employees who have a
low level of literacy. Educators and technical communicators can take steps to more effectively
communicate safety training information to workers with limited English proficiency and low
levels of literacy. Best practices in the field of education (Wiggins and McTighe’s Backward
Design) and the field of information design (Schriver’s Three-Phase Heuristic, also known as the
Principles of Information Design) can combine with other research in both fields to improve the
effectiveness of presentations of safety-training materials through the common medium of “the
slideshow.” Also included is a brief look into the future of education and safety training with XR
(Immersive/Extended Reality). Concluding statements include the implications for ethics and
advocacy within technical communication.
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Ecker, Christine. (2019). The current state of safety information training: Using Schriver's information design principles to analyze a slideshow for an audience with limited English proficiency and low literacy. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/202758.
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