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Download full textFagan, Bryan J.; Payne, Bryson R. – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2017
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts over 8 million job openings in IT and computing, including 1 million cybersecurity postings, over the current five-year period. This paper presents lessons learned in preparing middle-school students in rural Georgia for future careers in computer science/ IT by teaching computer programming in the free,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Open Source Technology
Direct linkYang, Yan – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to discuss the challenge for the classical idea of professionalism in understanding the Chinese software engineering industry after giving a close insight into the development of this industry as well as individual engineers with a psycho-societal perspective. Design/methodology/approach: The study starts with the general…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification, Engineering, Industry
Sponza, Maria – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
This practice application brief reviews the preparation, implementation, and evaluation of running behavioural interviews online. In a collaborative program between the School of Information Technology and the Careers and Employment service at Deakin University in Australia, students demonstrated their ability to articulate their generic…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Allen, Peg – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
When it comes to curriculum, certifying and training, no industry is more challenged to keep current than the information technology field (IT). IT industry professionals experience constant changes in computer software and hardware. As one of the top fields listed nationally, IT training programs are thriving at the Warren County Career Center…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Computer Software, Information Technology, Career Centers
Long, Ju – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Open Source Software (OSS) is a major force in today's Information Technology (IT) landscape. Companies are increasingly using OSS in mission-critical applications. The transparency of the OSS technology itself with openly available source codes makes it ideal for students to participate in the OSS project development. OSS can provide unique…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Career Development, Job Skills, Evaluation Criteria
Beard, Debbie; Schwieger, Dana; Surendran, Ken – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
Economic conditions over the past year have brought most nations in the world to a state of flux. What once appeared to be a thriving economy has now been in one of the steepest recessions in decades. To get our economy back on track, organizations will need to seek IT investments and solutions that increase productivity, improve security and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Economic Development, Career Choice, Employment Qualifications
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Mascia, Maria Lidia, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2019), held during November 7-9, 2019, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and co-organised by University Degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Engineering Education, Critical Thinking
Ludi, Stephanie; Reichlmayr, Tom – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
This article describes an outreach program to broaden participation in computing to include more students with visual impairments. The precollege workshops target students in grades 7-12 and engage students with robotics programming. The use of robotics at the precollege level has become popular in part due to the availability of Lego Mindstorm…
Descriptors: High School Students, Visual Impairments, Middle School Students, Outreach Programs
Johnson, Barbara Z.; King, Elizabeth; Hayes, Elisabeth – Online Submission, 2008
In its second year, the Tech Savvy Girls Project adopted "Teen Second Life" as a platform for interest-driven learning and designed projects and objects around themes important to them and their futures as technology-using, creative people. By using the building tools in an open-ended virtual world, they were able to pursue interests common to…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Information Technology
Juang, Yih-Ruey; Liu, Tzu-Chien; Chan, Tak-Wai – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is essential to career development for teachers. Teachers can develop their own PCK by research-based activities such as action research and lesson study, with a particular emphasis on the employment of classroom practice, information technology, and collaborative learning. However, in recent studies, most of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Action Research, Information Technology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Brown, Wayne A. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
"What should I do?" Technology managers have asked this question many times, and most IT leaders have heard similar concerns voiced as technical staff begin thinking about their next career steps. Should they continue pursuing technical certifications or work on the next academic education level (usually a master's degree)? In this article, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Computer Software, College Administration
Stevens, Hilary – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of an evaluative case study that used an electronic portfolio to enhance the employability of older adults. The evaluation sought to identify programme effects and highlight the factors that were instrumental in generating them. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative inquiry methods…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Employment Potential, Mentors, Adults
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the 11th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2014), October 25-27, 2014, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education
