Stability and Change in Instructional Communication Research: Have We Responded to Sprague’s 'Unasked Questions'?

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

17 years ago, Jo Sprague called for a new direction in instructional communication (“Expanding the Research Agenda for Instructional Communication: Raising Some Unasked Questions”). She argued that other disciplines are asking fundamental questions about education that belong within Communication Studies, and outlined an agenda for investigating those questions. In this discussion panel, participants discuss the ways instructional communication research has or has not responded to Sprague’s call, and where the area experiences stability and change.

Sub Unit

• Instructional Development Division

Chair

• Satoshi Toyosaki, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Presenters

• Elena Esquibel, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

• Deanna Fassett, San Jose State University

• Keith Nainby, California State University, Stanislaus

• Satoshi Toyosaki, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

• John Warren, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Respondent

• Jo Sprague, San Jose State University

Session Organizer

• Katherine Karsnak, National Communication Association