Nicoletta Di Blas

Nicoletta Di Blas is associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, the largest technical university in Italy. She graduated in classics and holds a PhD in general linguistics. She has been teaching communication skills at Politecnico for almost 20 years and technology-based communication for cultural heritage at the University of Italian Switzerland for 8 years. She is responsible of HOC-LAB, a multimedia communication & innovative education laboratory at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering. She has taken part in more than 20 research projects, coordinating a number of them. She has (co)authored more than 140 publications.

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Communication skills for engineering scholars (Coursera)

The course teaches engineering scholars how to improve their communication skills, based on theory, examples and practical exercises. Topics include basics of rhetoric (how to be clear), basics of argumentation theory (how to be persuasive), public speaking, grant writing, scientific writing. The main target are engineering scholars; the first 3 [...]

Communication skills for engineering scholars (POK)

A course rooted in rhetoric and argumentation, teaching how to be clear and persuasive in the domain of engineering studies. The course teaches engineering scholars how to improve their communication skills, using theory, examples and practical exercises.