TY - GEN
T1 - Curriculum Development for the First Technical Communication Study Program in Kenya
T2 - 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2023
AU - Oechsler, Belinda
AU - Closs, Sissi
AU - Cleary, Yvonne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This brief paper focuses on the implementation of a pioneering technical communication program at a university in the sub-Saharan nation of Kenya. We discuss the relevance and accessibility of the Kenyan higher education system in terms of technical communication. This is followed by a brief description of our project to implement the first master's program in technical communication in Kenya at Pwani University Kilifi. Reflecting on the gained experiences of a recent pilot project, the difficulties of curriculum development in the context of digitization for a Global South country with a theory-based university environment are presented, including our approaches to solving them.
AB - This brief paper focuses on the implementation of a pioneering technical communication program at a university in the sub-Saharan nation of Kenya. We discuss the relevance and accessibility of the Kenyan higher education system in terms of technical communication. This is followed by a brief description of our project to implement the first master's program in technical communication in Kenya at Pwani University Kilifi. Reflecting on the gained experiences of a recent pilot project, the difficulties of curriculum development in the context of digitization for a Global South country with a theory-based university environment are presented, including our approaches to solving them.
KW - Challenges of digitalization
KW - curriculum development for technical communication
KW - pioneering study program
KW - sub-Saharan region
KW - virtual learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172396589&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ProComm57838.2023.00019
DO - 10.1109/ProComm57838.2023.00019
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85172396589
T3 - IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
SP - 145
EP - 148
BT - Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 17 July 2023 through 20 July 2023
ER -