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Open Source Software Development Experiences on the Students' Resumes: Do They Count?--Insights from the Employers' Perspectives
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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
Towards Changes in Information Security Education
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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)