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标题：Impact of a Cross-Institutional Assessment Designed to Shape Future IT Professionals
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作者：Grace Tan ; Anne Therese Venables
期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2015
卷号：12
页码：181-191
DOI：10.28945/2180
语种：English
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：IT graduates need a suite of technical competencies and soft skills married with an understanding of the social and business contexts of the systems that they build. To instill in students an awareness of current IT industry practice coupled with the broader impact of their discipline in society, academics from Victoria University and Federation University initiated an across-institutional collaboration. The initiative resulted in a common formative assessment task undertaken by teams of students enrolled in each institution’s professional development units. An initial survey of students was undertaken prior to the assessment task. The survey queried students’ perceptions of a broad range of professional attitudes and skill sets needed by IT professionals when compared to non-skilled workers. Upon the completion of the assessment task, students were surveyed again as to their perceptions of the importance of personal skills, technical competencies, professional and team working skills, workplace knowledge, and cultural awareness for their future professional lives. Comparisons of both surveys’ results revealed that the cohort had a greater appreciation of technical abilities and team-working skills post the assessment task.
关键词：information technology (IT); across-institution assessment; professional skills development; survey