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A learning object repository in support of introductory IT courses

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Ken Abernethy,

Kevin Treu,

George Piegari,

Han ReichgeltAuthors Info & Claims

SIGITE '05: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education

Pages 223 - 227

https://doi.org/10.1145/1095714.1095766

Published: 20 October 2005 Publication History

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The recently proposed IT model curriculum identifies a set of knowledge areas appropriate for undergraduate IT programs, each consisting of of knowledge units, which in turn consist of topics and learning outcomes indicating the depth to which the topics are to be covered. Because the discipline is so new, and also because of the flexibility in particular curricular design that is allowed by the learning outcomes approach adopted in the curriculum standards, textbooks supporting some of the knowledge areas in the body of knowledge may be slow to appear. Further, as textbooks often codify a particular way to teach a particular course, the absence of textbooks may actually complicate the design of IT programs. One way to alleviate these potential problems may be through the provision of online learning objects. The focus of this paper is the creation of one set of such materials, particularly a learning object repository to support components of the first year of an IT program.

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A learning object repository in support of introductory IT courses
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula

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