On October 29, 2021, Drs. Turner and Rose presented “Vectors of UX decision making: A Framework for Instructors and Programs for Curricular Design and Assessment” at the 2021 conference for the Council of Programs on Technical and Scientific Communication, which was held virtually.
In this presentation, we made the case that TPC programs are well positioned to take a leading role in teaching UX. We present preliminary results from a research study that included semi-structured qualitative interviews with instructors (n=22), a survey (n=80), and a research based workshop (n=24) (see Rose and Turner 2020). In this presentation, we share results of the research that considers what decisions instructors make when designing and teaching TPC courses that include UX concepts. Using thematic analysis, we identified a set of pedagogical vectors, or decision points, that TPC instructors consider in their design and implementation of UX assignments, courses, and programs.