The industry and education nexus: How one school tackled certification

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2005, Pages 255-262

  Stein, Andrew ^a   Nikakis, Con ^a   Bentley, John ^a   Jovanovic, Rob ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification implementation; Curriculum; Vendor certification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900458330     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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