Multinational Perspectives on Information Technology from Academia and Industry

Alrumaih

2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

2018

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The Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society have launched a new report titled, Curriculum Guidelines for Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Information Technology (IT2017). This paper discusses significant aspects of the IT2017 report and focuses on competency-driven learning rather than delivery of knowledge in information technology (IT) programs. It also highlights an IT curricular framework that meets the growing demands of a changing technological world in the next decade. Specifically, the paper outlines ways by which baccalaureate IT programs might implement the IT curricular framework and prepare students with knowledge, skills, and dispositions to equip graduates with competencies that matter in the workplace. The paper suggests that a focus on competencies allows academic departments to forge collaborations with employers and engage students in professional practice experiences. It also shows how professionals and educators might use the report in reviewing, updating, and creating baccalaureate IT degree programs worldwide.

Section: A It2017 Task Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

A competency-based approach toward curricular guidelines for information technology education

Alrumaih

2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

2018

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“…The report includes feedback that the task group received from public comment and review solicited for report versions in January of 2015, August of 2016, and May of 2017. Some task group members participated in two international working groups [5,6] to lead extensive data gathering and analysis efforts and to garner input from academia and industry through surveys conducted in 2015 (almost 700 responses, 597 computing faculty and 91 industry respondents) and in 2016 (over 350 responses from Latin America, 182 faculty and 177 employers). Report development dissemination included a variety of venues to engage educational and professional communities worldwide: birds-of-a-feather discussion group at SIGCSE'15 in Kansas City [8]; curriculum design workshop and panel at IEEE EDUCON in Tallinn, Estonia in 2015 [9] and Abu Dhabi in 2016 [10], and a panel in the 1 st National Computing Colleges Conference in Saudi Arabia [11] in 2016.…”

Section: B Public Commentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Developing such guidelines for rigorous, high quality IT degree programs benefits from an inclusive approach that engages international perspectives and reflects needs and expectations from IT professional societies and industry [4,5,6]. The IT2017 report is the second edition of the ACM/IEEE-CS Curriculum Guidelines for Baccalaureate Programs in Information Technology; it encompasses technology and educational advances that occurred since 2008 [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Overview of the New ACM/IEEE Information Technology Curricular Framework

Alrumaih

2018 IEEE World Engineering Education Conference (EDUNINE)

2018

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ACM and IEEE have developed a curricular report titled, "Information Technology Curricula 2017: Curriculum Guidelines for Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Information Technology," known also as IT2017. The development of this report has received worldwide content contributions from industry and academia through surveys as well as many international conferences and workshops. An open online publication of the report was made available in December 2017. This paper presents a digest of the content of the report, the IT curricular framework, and suggestions for its use in developing new information technology programs or enhancing existing ones. The heart of the IT curricular framework is a set of competencies identified through knowledge, skills, and dispositions, as supported by pedagogical research. The paper also describes ways in which institutions could use the curricular framework not only to develop information technology degree programs, but also to improve and enhance related computing programs.

“…To capture the variety of factors on IT education, the steering committee members of the IT2017 task group led the formation of the Working Group 6 at 2015 ITiCSE. The working group examined multinational perspectives from academia and industry on the development of curriculum guidelines for a rigorous, high quality bachelor's degree programs in information technology [65]. Three research lines of inquiry guided the working group's study: (1) commonalities and differences among IT curricular frameworks in academic institutions worldwide; (2) educational pathways into IT degree programs; (3) indicators and predictors of the future of IT.…”

Section: Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Latin American Perspectives to Internationalize Undergraduate Information Technology Education

Viola

Proceedings of the 2016 ITiCSE Working Group Reports

et al. 2016

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The computing education community expects modern curricular guidelines for information technology (IT) undergraduate degree programs by 2017. The authors of this work focus on eliciting and analyzing Latin American academic and industry perspectives on IT undergraduate education. The objective is to ensure that the IT curricular framework in the IT2017 report articulates the relationship between academic preparation and the work environment of IT graduates in light of current technological and educational trends in Latin America and elsewhere. Activities focus on soliciting and analyzing survey data collected from institutions and consortia in IT education and IT professional and educational societies in Latin America; these activities also include garnering the expertise of the authors. Findings show that IT degree programs are making progress in bridging the academic-industry gap, but more work remains. CCS Concepts CCS → Social and professional topics → Professional topics → Computing education → Computing education programs → Information technology education Keywords Information technology, IT, IT in Latin America, academia and industry, Latino IT curriculum "Information Technology (IT) in its broadest sense encompasses all aspects of computing technology. IT, as an academic discipline, is concerned with issues related to advocating for users and meeting their needs within an organizational and societal context through the selection, creation, application, integration and administration of computing technologies." 1.2 Brief History of Computing and IT Education in Latin America The history of computing in Latin America started at the end of the 1950s when the first computers were introduced in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile. According to Ivan da Costa [27], the Latin American history in computing was influenced by relationships with the United States, Western Europe, and other developed nations, plus the European roots (i.e., Spain and Portugal) of all Latin American countries. Additionally, economic, political, and social issues occurring in each country influenced the development of computing-related projects and education programs.