week 4
Please watch the following video, “What is a White Paper,”
from Mak Pandit.
The video is 16:35 long.
Then answer the following questions. This discussion thread is set up so that you
cannot see other students’ answers to the thread until you have posted your
answers to the thread.
1. Write one characteristic of a white paper that makes it
different from, for example, a book or an article published in a magazine or
journal.
2. Why would a person read a white paper?
3. Do some research on the history of white papers and how
the term “white paper” came into our lexicon.
Write one paragraph of a few sentences describing what you find. You don’t have to cite sources in this
paragraph in APA format. Simply list the
websites you accessed in finding the information.
4. The lecturer mentions at the 8:00 mark that white papers
should have a “neutral presentation (marketing should be subtle).” Why is this the case?
5. Was there any information in this lecture that was
different from or gave a different understanding of white papers than the
previous lecture from the Purdue OWL gave?
If so, state one point from this lecture that you feel represented new
or different information from that presented in the Purdue OWL lecture.
DQ2
section of our class.
CANRIGHT, “White Paper Basics”
Jackson, M.J, et al, Journal of Continuing Education in the
Health Professions, “The need for specialty curricula based on core
competencies.”
To access the documents, please take the following steps:
Select Content
Select Course Resources
Select eReserves
Click on the eReserves icon in the middle of the interface
Select the paper, “White Paper Basics.”
Click View this item.
Download the document
Select the paper, “The need for speciality curricula
base on core competencies
Click View this item.
Download the document
Then, please watch the following video. The video takes you through some highlights
of the CANRIGHT document.
After watching this video, please peruse the white paper,
“The need for specialty curricula based on core competencies.”
This white paper is structured quite differently from the
structures that you have seen in the Purdue OWL lecture and in other
materials. It does not have an executive
summary or a table of contents. It is
set up more like a journal article.
Please answer the following questions:
1. Examine the types of white papers on pages 10-11 in the
CANRIGHT document. What type of white paper is this one?
2. What is the problem that this white paper is
identifying? Please write one sentence
in giving this answer.
3. What is the proposed solution? Please write one sentence in giving this
answer.
4. Examine the graphics in this white paper. Do they enhance the message being
delivered? Why or why not? You might choose one graphic in this white
paper and analyze it in defending your answer.
5. Examine the terms that this white paper defines. Choose one of them. Why is this term defined by the authors of
this white paper?
