Communication Unbound Online Text

Taking the typical textbook to a whole new level! Communication Unbound provides all the content instructors expect in a traditional basic communication text, but in an innovative online format that is full of rich interactive resources video clips, study quizzes, Web activities, review-oriented crossword puzzles, an electronic journal, and morethat enrich and enhance students' learning experiences. Exciting Features: Active learning activities delivered online include: Think About This: Critical thinking questions designed to function as a message/chat board for class discussion. Online Journal: A diary format allowing students to explore communication issues on their own. VideoView: A video clip is followed by critical thinking questions. Web Activity: An activity directing students to the Internet where they can explore a variety of communication topics and issues. Online pedagogical features allow students to learn according to their own learning styles and at their own pace. These include: Rapid Review: Short questions in multiple-choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank formats quickly check students' understanding of each section. Assessing Your Skills: Self-assessment activities measure a variety of communication competencies. Practice Test: Multiple-choice and true/false questions plus a crossword puzzle of key terms offer immediate answer feedback for the student. Glossary: Hyperlinked glossary terms make it easy for students to look up and refer back to key definitions. What's great about the Unbound format: Because the course content is delivered both online and in a printed text, it provides students with various learning styles the ultimate in flexibility. Extensive use of video throughout the online text enables students to see examples of specific concepts and skills contextually, rather than just read about them or view examples separately. A modular format allows Communication Unbound's content to be tailored to fit every course. Students get all the content they need to be successful communicators in a much more appealing, interactive, and engaging manner than the typical text.Doyle, Terrence is the author of 'Communication Unbound Online Text', published 2003 under ISBN 9780205358748 and ISBN 0205358748.