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Professor Fazel Naghdy

2011

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The Crisis In Ict Education: An Academic Perspective, Tony J. Koppi, Fazel Naghdy, Joe F. Chicharo, Judy Sheard, Sylvia Edwards, David Wilson Oct 2011

The Crisis In Ict Education: An Academic Perspective, Tony J. Koppi, Fazel Naghdy, Joe F. Chicharo, Judy Sheard, Sylvia Edwards, David Wilson

Professor Fazel Naghdy

A national Discipline-Based Initiative project for ICT, funded by the ALTC, has sought to identify the issues and challenges facing the sector. The crisis in ICT education spans high schools, universities and industry. The demand for skilled ICT graduates is increasing yet enrolments are declining. Several factors contribute to this decline including the perceived quality of teaching and a poor perception of the ICT profession amongst the general public. This paper reports on a consultation process with the academic community. Academic concerns include the capacity of the sector to survive the downturn, and improving relationships with industry which should benefit …


Issues In Australian Ict Education, Tony J. Koppi, Fazel Naghdy, Joe F. Chicharo Oct 2011

Issues In Australian Ict Education, Tony J. Koppi, Fazel Naghdy, Joe F. Chicharo

Professor Fazel Naghdy

This session at the Australian Software Engineering Conference is concerned with ICT education from the holistic perspective of preparation in high schools, the university experience, transition to the workforce, and the contribution by industry, government, and professional bodies. The project to ascertain the issues and challenges facing the national ICT education sector is supported by the Carrick institute as a discipline-based initiative. Consultations to date with various stakeholders have revealed numerous concerns that include: the dispersed nature of the ICT sector; erroneous perceptions of ICT disciplines; decline in enrolments; gender imbalance; lack of industry involvement; and balancing knowledge with generic …


Ict Education Issues And Challenges In Australia And The Uk, Anthony Koppi, Fazel Naghdy, Joe Chicharo Oct 2011

Ict Education Issues And Challenges In Australia And The Uk, Anthony Koppi, Fazel Naghdy, Joe Chicharo

Professor Fazel Naghdy

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Ict Education: Challenge Of Accommodating Change, Fazel Naghdy, Anthony Koppi, Joe Chicharo Oct 2011

Ict Education: Challenge Of Accommodating Change, Fazel Naghdy, Anthony Koppi, Joe Chicharo

Professor Fazel Naghdy

lobally, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has gone through significant and radical changes over the last 30 years. The development of computers, desktop and laptop computing, substantial development of software, emergence and swift acceptance of Internet and electronic communication, meteoric rise of the industry in the 90ýs and the ýdot.comý and telecom crash of the following years can be mentioned as significant events in the evolution of ICT industry.