Title :
Practicality of teaching computers and related courses: Experiences in Africa, South-East Asia and Australia
Author :
De Souza-Daw, Tony ; Ngoc, Le Hoang
Author_Institution :
Centre of Technol., RMIT Univ., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Abstract :
Technology education such as Bachelor degrees and Diploma certificates in Information Technology, Computers and Electronics Engineering requires both a theoretical component, and a practical component. There are a number of issues related to the practical component that a university needs to address, when delivering a technology or a computer related course, these include but are not limited to students´ basic computer skills, practical entrance requirements, the ability for a university to conduct practical examinations and students´ ability to access a computer at home or university. This paper explores and compares the practicality of teaching technology courses in South-East Asia, Africa and Australia.
Keywords :
computer literacy; educational courses; educational institutions; teaching; Africa; Australia; South-East Asia; basic computer skills; computer related course; computer teaching; practical entrance requirements; practical teaching; student computer access ability; technology education; technology related course; university; Australia; Computers; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Programming; Software; Equivalence and Comparison of Technology Courses; Students´ Practical Skills; Technology Education;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1457-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2165-9559
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201016