An integrated approach for developing showcase profiles of information technology students

• Autores: Tijana Dabic, Sasa Adamovic, Radmila Suzic, Marko Sarac
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 35, no. 3, 2019, págs. 878-888
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Taking into account the global trends on job searching skills, particularly in IT sector, one should not neglect thesignificance of a lifetime personal and professional Web space. In order to answer the existing trends, the authors of thepaper present the interdisciplinaryjoint work of the employees at their university to meet the needs of IT studentsand equipthem to successfully enter the job market prior and/or upon their graduation. The paper presents an integrated experienceof domain content and English language courses with the purpose to help students create a professional showcase via avisume (video resume), e-portfolio and LinkedIn account. The paper demonstrates the methodology developed andintegrated into the curriculum of Computing and Informatics study programme at our university to scaffold studentscreate and develop their e-portfolio on all three levels of studies: Bachelor, Master and Doctoral. The providedmethodology helps students to demonstrate and organise the practical use of their academic knowledge acquired overthe years. The e-portfolio data are further accompanied and linked to the visume and LinkedIn account. In order toevaluate the impact of the implementations made in our study programme, an online survey among 182 graduate ITstudents, who are part of University LinkedIn network, was conducted during December 2018. The results show that thecollective experience is an excellent manner for future graduates to articulate their skills, abilities and achievements to theirpotential employers by placing them in a publicly accessible online space while at the same time the university displayshigher teaching quality and gains better reputation.