Focuses on identifying, describing, and then explaining communication between students and between students and instructor. Explores aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication such as impact of voice, facial expression, body language, body movement, and physical proximity. Includes research highlighting the impact of an instructor’s communication repertoire on student success. Requires completion of a project focused on development of improved/refined communication strategies for instruction. Credit may be earned in ED 386W or EDU 386W but not both.