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What is IC Clear?
apply for EU-funding to set up a 1-year-course
on plain communication (language and design)
out of the Lifelong Learning Program
from the European Commission
We had the idea to
IC Clear is an EU-funded project to develop an international clear communication course
What is IC Clear?
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Funding sources
• European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Program
Budget and approved grant
• Budget: 462.532 euro
• Approved EU grant: 325.000 euro
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Funding
IC Clear course in clear communication
The project partners will develop and pilot the modules of a postgraduate course in clear communication
to close the current educational gap
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Our working definition of clear communication
In a clear document, whether online or in print, people for whom the information is intended can:
• quickly and easily find what they need
• understand what they find
• act appropriately on that understanding
Whether communication is ‘clear’ or not depends on the audience.
What is clear for one person may not be clear for another.
Project partners
Partners
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Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
University college - Belgium
• plain language (for special audiences)
• project coordination
• curriculum and course development
• entrepreneurship
• (online) teaching
Partners
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Sigmund Freud University
University - Austria
• visual communication and empirical research methods
• interdisciplinary cooperation
• cultural and media sensitive research
• usability and document testing
Partners
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Institute for the Estonian Language
Language institute - Estonia
• language planning
• compiling and editing dictionaries
• language-technological support
• EU terminology development
• translator education
Partners
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Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências
University - Portugal
• plain language
• information design
• entrepreneurship
• curriculum and course development
• clear writing in EU-institutes
• clear legal writing
Partners
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Simon Fraser University
SFU – Canada
• (online) plain language teaching
• cooperation with Plain Language Association International (PLAIN)
• curriculum development
• distant and lifelong learning
• international cooperation
Associated partners
Associated partners
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Stockholm University
Swedish Language Consultancy Program
Association for Swedish certified language consultants
Université Paris Diderot Tallinn University
Plain Language Association International
International Plain Language Working Group
International Institute of Information Design
IPLWG
Advisory group
Members of our advisory group
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Christopher Balmford
Deborah Bosley
Frances Gordon
Joe Kimble
Robert Linsky
Karen Schriver
Ginny Redish
Karel Van der Waarde
you!
Survey
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We want the course to cater for the current and future training needs in clear communication
That’s why we will survey you to help us define the course learning
outcomes and design its modules
Clear communication today should be an interdisciplinary field that covers everything: writing and designing a document and testing it on typical readers.
The course will be a mix of:
• plain language
• information design
• usability techniques
Clear communication is interdisciplinary
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Course modules
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Depending on what we will learn from the survey optional modules might be:
• legal plain language
• communicating with special audiences
• government communication
• document testing
• clear communication in European institutes
• clear communication in English
• project management
• teaching clear communication
• introducing clear communication to your organization
• installing a clear communication policy
Recent research proves clear documents save time and money, but more research is needed.
Our students will:
• learn how to test their texts and documents on readability and ease of use
• work on expanding the scientific expertise on clear communication
Research
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For whom?
For whom is the course intended?
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Entry requirements:
• bachelor’s or master’s degree
• proven experience in communication
Aimed at people:
• working in communication
• who feel the need to produce clear documents as part of their job
All candidates will need to pass an admissions test.
How will it be taught?
How the course is taught
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• face-to-face classroom learning
• distance e-learning
• self-paced instruction
• learning by doing
The course is based to a large extent on blended learning:
Blended learning
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• allows students flexible study schedules
• appealing to people who have full-time work or family responsibilities
• students can apply their new knowledge and practice in their jobs.
International certificate
IC Clear certificate
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• 750 to 900 hours of study and work
• 30 credits in the European system ECTS
• IC Clear certificate recognized in all partner countries
More on the project
www.icclear.net
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www.icclear.net
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Important milestones
Milestones
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2012
• Survey to select mandatory and optional course modules
2013
• Enroll students for pilots
2014
• Appoint teachers
• Enroll students for the course
• Final project conference
• Inauguration International Clear Communication Institute
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author,
and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
K.H.KempenBelgium
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