A sustainable ICT education ontology

As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in businesses and all kinds of industry the demand for ICT skilled workers has also increased significantly. To meet this demand young people are encouraged to study ICT and choose ICT as a career. However, ICT do...

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Main Authors:	Chin, Kum, Chang, Elizabeth
Other Authors:	Farookh Hussain and Elizabeth Chang
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	IEEE 2011
Subjects:	ICT skills ICT curriculum ICT research ICT Education Ontology ICT jobs
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15403

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spelling	curtin-20.500.11937-154032017-09-13T16:00:10Z A sustainable ICT education ontology Chin, Kum Chang, Elizabeth Farookh Hussain and Elizabeth Chang ICT skills ICT curriculum ICT research ICT Education Ontology ICT jobs As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in businesses and all kinds of industry the demand for ICT skilled workers has also increased significantly. To meet this demand young people are encouraged to study ICT and choose ICT as a career. However, ICT does not appeal to many young people due to its poor image and many employers have criticized ICT courses being out dated and irrelevant. In this paper we propose an ontological solution to organize knowledge in the domain of ICT education. The proposed ICT Education Ontology (IEO) consists of four related sub-ontologies: ICT curriculum, ICT jobs, ICT skills and ICT research. The purpose of the IEO is to provide clear definition on terms and concepts used in these four related areas within the context of ICT education. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15403 10.1109/DEST.2011.5936612 IEEE restricted
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spellingShingle	ICT skills ICT curriculum ICT research ICT Education Ontology ICT jobs Chin, Kum Chang, Elizabeth A sustainable ICT education ontology
description	As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in businesses and all kinds of industry the demand for ICT skilled workers has also increased significantly. To meet this demand young people are encouraged to study ICT and choose ICT as a career. However, ICT does not appeal to many young people due to its poor image and many employers have criticized ICT courses being out dated and irrelevant. In this paper we propose an ontological solution to organize knowledge in the domain of ICT education. The proposed ICT Education Ontology (IEO) consists of four related sub-ontologies: ICT curriculum, ICT jobs, ICT skills and ICT research. The purpose of the IEO is to provide clear definition on terms and concepts used in these four related areas within the context of ICT education.
author2	Farookh Hussain and Elizabeth Chang
author_facet	Farookh Hussain and Elizabeth Chang Chin, Kum Chang, Elizabeth
format	Conference Paper
author	Chin, Kum Chang, Elizabeth
author_sort	Chin, Kum
title	A sustainable ICT education ontology
title_short	A sustainable ICT education ontology
title_full	A sustainable ICT education ontology
title_fullStr	A sustainable ICT education ontology
title_full_unstemmed	A sustainable ICT education ontology
title_sort	sustainable ict education ontology
publisher	IEEE
publishDate	2011
url	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15403
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A sustainable ICT education ontology

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