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Visualising career progression for ICT professionals and the implications for ICT curriculum design in higher education

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Brian R. von Konsky,

Charlynn MillerAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '14: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference - Volume 148

Pages 13 - 20

Published: 20 January 2014 Publication History

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The current environment in higher education calls for more consideration of the linkages between ICT curriculum development, skills capabilities and industry, particularly in light of recent changes in quality and standards agencies. This paper evaluates ICT career progression visualisation methodology and has a threefold purpose: to contribute to a holistic approach to curriculum design and management; to add to materials that aid graduates to better prepare initial professional practice choices for employment in the ICT profession; and to facilitate further dialogue with industry representatives, higher education providers and other ICT stakeholders to ensure undergraduate curricula authentically reflects the skills required within the ICT profession. This paper evaluates SFIA-based tools intended to enable educational designers to visualise ICT career progression pathways and thus inform curriculum design in higher education. Several visualisation techniques are compared using SFIA-based skillsets that were previously published in the literature. The evaluation demonstrates extended radar diagrams are an effective visual representation for capturing the level at which SFIA skill sets are practiced. The research indicates that such representations are well positioned to enhance dialogue amongst stakeholders and contribute to the design of ICT curriculum in a manner that better prepares students for ongoing development in the profession.

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Gonçalves RPassos Ode Amorim R(2024)Investigating the Competencies and Skills of Computer ProfessionalsProceedings of the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems10.1145/3658271.3658308(1-10)Online publication date: 20-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3658271.3658308
Fernndez-Sanz LGmez-Prez JCastillo-Martnez A(2017)e-Skills MatchComputer Standards & Interfaces10.1016/j.csi.2016.11.00451:C(30-42)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.csi.2016.11.004

Index Terms

Visualising career progression for ICT professionals and the implications for ICT curriculum design in higher education
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information systems education
    2. Computing profession
      1. Computing occupations

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ACE '14: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference - Volume 148

January 2014

174 pages

ISBN:9781921770319

Editors:
Jacqueline Whalley
AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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Daryl D'Souza
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Australian Comp Soc: Australian Computer Society
SERL: Software Engineering Research Lab, Auckland University of Technology
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Univ. of Western Sydney: University of Western Sydney
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
CORE - Computing Research and Education
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Gonçalves RPassos Ode Amorim R(2024)Investigating the Competencies and Skills of Computer ProfessionalsProceedings of the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems10.1145/3658271.3658308(1-10)Online publication date: 20-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3658271.3658308
Fernndez-Sanz LGmez-Prez JCastillo-Martnez A(2017)e-Skills MatchComputer Standards & Interfaces10.1016/j.csi.2016.11.00451:C(30-42)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.csi.2016.11.004

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