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Tiêu đề
Our liberal arts majors get IT (information technology)
Tác giả
Neelu S.
Năm xuất bản
2015
Source title
Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences
Số trích dẫn
1
DOI
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
On one hand there is an ongoing debate on the value of a Liberal Arts education and on the other hand employers recognize the importance of liberal education and the liberal arts. While employers agree that, regardless of their major, every college student should acquire broad knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences; they often complain that liberal arts graduates are digitally challenged lacking basic workplace proficiencies (21st century skills) and thus not ready for the workplace. Is there a way our education system can close the gap between what students learn in college and the expectations of the job markets? We use an innovative approach - a new course in mobile application development for our liberal arts (non-science) students which not only provides value to their education but also enhances their technology skills and makes them digitally ready as desired by the employers. Majors linked to occupations have better employment prospects and graduates who make technology (creators) are better off than those who simply use technology (consumers). We explore ways to increase versatility of our liberal arts students by making them active creators of technology so that they can gain a strong foothold in the job market.
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Nơi xuất bản
School of Education,Oakland City University
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus