Academic writing is changing in the modern digital world where everyone feels the sense of urgency. Essays and research papers are no longer the only ones to worry about, these days, a lot of students have to struggle with the problem of conveying technical knowledge to understandable, academic formats.
The boundary between academic and technical writing is becoming unclear whether it is writing software processes, writing research-based technical reports or delivering data-driven findings. However, the majority of students are not trained to write to both groups of readers.
so start heavily engaged in academic support, I have observed that more students have a hard time with:
- Organizing the technical material in formats that are research friendly.
- Citing the data sources and tools (SQL, Python libraries and so on) properly.
- Creating summaries of difficult algorithms or systems.
In case you are in a technology or IT-related profession and are intimidated by academic writing, sites such as NerdPapers.
are currently providing assistance to these academic-technical crossovers. They assist students and researchers in organizing their work in a professional way and remain academically sound.
Do you also experience this change in academic writing expectations in your work or studies?
Would be interested to know how other people manage the combination of technical accuracy and academic formatting.
