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Long, Ju – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Open Source Software (OSS) is a major force in today's Information Technology (IT) landscape. Companies are increasingly using OSS in mission-critical applications. The transparency of the OSS technology itself with openly available source codes makes it ideal for students to participate in the OSS project development. OSS can provide unique…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Career Development, Job Skills, Evaluation Criteria
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Nishimura, Shoji; Scott, Douglass J.; Kato, Shogo – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2009
In 2003, the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan, established the e-School, Japan's first complete undergraduate correspondence courses enabling students to acquire their bachelor degrees solely through e-learning. Supported by the widespread availability of high-speed Internet connections, it has become possible to transmit…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Credits, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Hentea, Mariana; Dhillon, Harpal S.; Dhillon, Manpreet – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2006
Despite a variety of Information Security Assurance (ISA) curricula and diverse educational models, universities often fail to provide their graduates with skills demanded by employers. There is a big discrepancy between the levels of skills expected by employers and those the graduates have after completing their studies. The authors compare the…
Descriptors: Models, Job Skills, Educational Objectives, Relevance (Education)