Latin American Perspectives and the IT2017 Curricular Guidelines

ABSTRACT

The term "information technology" has many meanings for various stakeholders and continues to evolve. This discussion presents an overview of the developing curricular guidelines for rigorous, high quality, bachelor's degree programs in information technology (IT), called IT2017. Panel participants will focus on Latin American academic and industry perspectives on IT undergraduate education. Discussion will seek to ascertain commonalities and differences between the current draft IT2017 report and perspectives from Latino/a professional and academic communities. It also addresses ways in which this endeavor contrasts with current practices in Latin America industry and academia.

References

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Index Terms

• General and reference

  • Document types

    • Surveys and overviews

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Computing education

      • Computing education programs

        • Information technology education

      • Model curricula