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ICT curriculum and course structure: the great balancing act

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 08:15 authored by Nicole HerbertNicole Herbert, Kristy de SalasKristy de Salas, Ian LewisIan Lewis, Julian DermoudyJulian Dermoudy, Leonie Ellis
This paper reports on an ICT curriculum development process that involved balancing a number of constraints that, in the words of an external academic advisory panel, resulted in a “very coherent, strong, contemporary” ICT curriculum. Instigated by an external school review that recommended the implementation of a single degree, the curriculum had to contain the knowledge requirements for students to develop the necessary skills for a set of ICT graduate level career outcomes identified by the local and national ICT industry. Due to a shrinking staff profile coupled with pressure for increased research output the School was instructed to offer only thirty undergraduate coursework units. Finally, the curriculum and course structure had to be attractive to domestic and international applicants and the curriculum also had to inspire graduate progression to a research higher degree.

History

Publication title

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2014)

Volume

148

Editors

J Whalley and D D'Souza

Pagination

21-30

ISBN

978-1-921770-31-9

Department/School

School of Information and Communication Technology

Publisher

The Australian Computer Society Inc.

Place of publication

Sydney, Australia

Event title

The Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2014)

Event Venue

Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Event (Start Date)

2014-01-20

Date of Event (End Date)

2014-01-23

Rights statement

Copyright 2014 Australian Computer Society Inc.

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum

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