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Fast learners
We're in the midst of a revolution that is changing the way we teach and learn, with wikis, new approaches to e-learning, education mash ups, and virtual worlds the new order. More...
If there was ever a good time to get into ICT, it's now.
By: Beverley Head
04/01/2008 03:48:51
ICT accounts for nearly 5 per cent of Australia's gross domestic product, but while it is irrevocably linked with every aspect of the creation of the other 95 per cent, it can wither simply for lack of human support.
It's a people business that lacks people; university enrolments for ICT courses dropped 20 per cent between 2002 and 2005 and the lack is being felt now. And are the graduates universities produce armed with the skills they - and we - need?
The skills vacancy index has risen 20 per cent over 2007, and while ICT isn't alone in feeling the skills lack, the other industries in the same boat need ICT to survive anyway.
Trouble is, no one really knows the size of the problem so cannot scope a solution to it.
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ACS news
By: ACS staff
15/12/2006 15:24:40
Australian Computer Society initiatives, research and events
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Software, hardware and now "servicewear"?
By: Shirley Gregor
18/10/2006 21:27:33
Confusion over just what computing professionals do hampers new ICT student intake
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ACS News
By: ACS staff
12/04/2006 12:35:24
Australian Computer Society initiatives, research and events
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UTS program opens doors to digital Dreamtime for indigenous students
By: Peter Davidson
15/10/2005 06:31:22
Aborigines are showing singular skills in Web design in pioneering ICT programs
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A framework for integrating learning into business processes
By: Igor Hawryszkiewycz
14/10/2005 15:24:04
Integrating learning into business processes has the advantage of raising skill and knowledge levels of process participants in cost effective ways.
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ACS News
By: ACS staff
20/04/2005 15:24:09
Australian Computer Society initiatives, research and events
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ICT stalwart strives for better education, research
By: Peter Davidson
20/04/2005 08:36:10
Few computing luminaries started their career aged nine on SILLIAC. Dr Jenny Edwards did, and has gone on to champion education's causes in Australia
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ICT stalwart strives for better education, research
By: Peter Davidson
18/03/2005 14:45:26
Few computing luminaries started their career aged nine on SILLIAC. Dr Jenny Edwards did, and has gone on to champion education's causes in Australia
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Holistic education essential - to a degree
By: Beverley Head
12/10/2004 12:17:02
A third of the skills nominated as essential in current ICT job advertisements are interpersonal, non technical skills.
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