• DocumentCode
    1876018
  • Title

    A global ELITE program for IT convergence education

  • Author

    Kim, Jongwan ; Song, Byung Seop

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Daegu Univ., Gyeongsan, South Korea
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    19-19 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    51
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    In this research, we have a plan to develop a global IT convergence education program for medical/rehabilitative instruments and equipment. To obtain this goal, students with different major areas form an interdisciplinary engineering team and every team member takes a class on English, Leadership, Innovative thinking, Teamwork, and Entrepreneurship, called ELITE program. We will hold a business oriented capstone design pilot program challenge for whom completed the ELITE program successfully, build an international interdisciplinary team by contacting universities which made alliance with our university, and allow the international joint team members to work together in a place to improve their collaborative capability in mixed cultural groups. As a result, an interdisciplinary major education curriculum should be developed to train students in-depth. Ultimately, they will be contributing to a healthy life for humans as global human resources.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; educational courses; educational institutions; team working; English; business oriented capstone design pilot program; entrepreneurship; global ELITE program; global IT convergence education program; global human resources; innovative thinking; interdisciplinary engineering team; interdisciplinary major education curriculum; leadership; medical instruments; mixed cultural groups; rehabilitative instruments; teamwork; universities; Companies; Computers; Convergence; Educational institutions; Industries; Lead; ELITE (English, Leadership, Innovative thinking, Teamwork, Entrepreneurship) program; IT convergence education; capstone design pilot program challenge; interdisciplinary major education curriculum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference (IEDEC), 2012 2nd
  • Conference_Location
    Sanata Clara, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0841-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDEC.2012.6186922
  • Filename
    6186922