Skills frameworks: A tool for reform in Information Technology higher education

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Science and Education, ICCCSE 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 81-88

  Asgrahani, Mehdi ^a   Shankararaman, Venky ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Educational Reform; IT IS Skills; Skills Frameworks; Standardization; Strategic IT IS Education Development

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; PRODUCT DESIGN; STANDARDIZATION;

EDUCATIONAL REFORMS; IT/IS SKILLS; OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY; PRODUCT AND SERVICES; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SKILLS FRAMEWORKS; STRATEGIC IT/IS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT; TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84911904107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCSE.2014.6926434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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