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ICT curriculum and course structure: the great balancing act
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Herbert, N and de Salas, K and Lewis, I and Dermoudy, J and Ellis, L, ICT curriculum and course structure: the great balancing act, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2014), 20-23 January 2014, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 21-30. ISBN 978-1-921770-31-9 (2014) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2014 Australian Computer Society Inc.
Official URL: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2667490
Abstract
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.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | ICT career outcomes, ICT curriculum |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
| Objective Field: | Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum |
| UTAS Author: | Herbert, N (Associate Professor Nicole Herbert) |
| UTAS Author: | de Salas, K (Associate Professor Kristy de Salas) |
| UTAS Author: | Lewis, I (Dr Ian Lewis) |
| UTAS Author: | Dermoudy, J (Dr Julian Dermoudy) |
| UTAS Author: | Ellis, L (Associate Professor Leonie Ellis) |
| ID Code: | 88515 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
| Deposited On: | 2014-02-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-05-06 |
| Downloads: | 1 View Download Statistics |
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