Enhancing undergraduate courses with internships

A Vairis, K Loulakakis… - 2013 24th EAEEIE Annual …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the drive to enhance undergraduate courses in various disciplines, industrial placements
are becoming part of them for an increasing number, ranging from engineering to accounting …

IEEE student quality improvement program: To improve the employability rate of students

S Hameed, GS Nileena - 2014 IEEE International Conference …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In India, a large percentage of graduating engineers are not industry ready. The primary
reason is that the colleges have outdated syllabi leading to a wide gap between the curriculum …

Experiential Learning in Workplace: On-the-Job Training

HTT Nguyen, TV Anh, NTM Linh - … of the 5th International Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
As the first University founded by a private enterprise in Vietnam, one of the main focuses of
FPT University is on the practical knowledge and skills to help students perform well in the …

CHECK-IT: An international internship center on improving the professional skills and intercultural communication competence in IT for undergraduates

Y Zheng, K Lin, X Wang, M Liao… - … on Computer Science …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CHECK-IT (China Holland Educational Competence and Knowledge Center on IT) is a unique
international internship center set up by a consortium of the Software School of Xiamen …

Employers' perspectives on new information technology technicians' employability in North Florida

JM Hollister, LI Spears, MA Mardis, J Lee… - Education+ …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose In response to recent calls for research relating to employers’ perceptions of the
workplace readiness of new graduates in a variety of fields, the purpose of this paper is to …

Work-integrated learning (WIL) in information technology: An exploration of employability skills gained from internships

FR Jones, MA Mardis, CR McClure, J Ma… - … Education, Skills and …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze 86 information technology (IT) internship
postings to discern the extent to which the intended outcomes matched professional standards …

Information technology employers' perceptions of valuable entry-level competencies and undergraduate program standards: a comparison

JH Baeg, FR Jones, MA Mardis - EdMedia+ Innovate Learning, 2019 - learntechlib.org
The field of technology is moving faster than curriculum committees can respond to prepare
learners for information technology jobs in a range of industry sectors. To enhance educators…