DocumentCode :
1873693
Title :
Maintaining knowledge currency in the 21st century
Author :
Ammann, Paul ; Offutt, Jeff
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Software Syst. Eng., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
fYear :
1997
fDate :
1-16 Apr 1997
Firstpage :
161
Lastpage :
172
Abstract :
Software engineering is a rapidly changing discipline, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. This pace of change brings both problems and opportunities to universities that teach software engineering. Engineers ore no longer satisfied with one or two initial university education experiences, but by necessity are becoming lifetime learners, with frequent trips back to educational providers. This recurring education is needed to update engineers´ knowledge with new ideas and concepts, and to update engineers´ skills. In this paper, we take the position that universities can and should respond to this situation with a new model for graduate software engineering education, which we call professional currency certificates. These courses should offer the depth of knowledge and university academic credit that traditional academic courses offer, but with the convenience and practical nature of corporate training courses. This hybrid model results in a new kind of course that more closely meets the needs of lifetime learners
Keywords :
computer science education; continuing education; educational courses; software engineering; Master´s degree; educational providers; graduate software engineering education; knowledge currency; lifetime learners; professional currency certificates; recurring education; software engineering; university education experiences; Educational programs; Knowledge engineering; Maintenance engineering; Management training; Software engineering; Software systems; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education; Web pages; World Wide Web;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Education & Training. Tenth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Virginia Beach, VA
ISSN :
1093-0175
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7886-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SEDC.1997.592450
Filename :
592450
Link To Document :
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