Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education.
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T. (2013)
Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE, 286-292. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6684833
Commercial acumen has emerged recently as a third aspect of employability which employers expect from computing graduates, in addition to technical capability and "soft skills...
Young people’s perceptions of computing careers.
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., & McConnell, A. (2013)
Young people’s perceptions of computing careers. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE, 1597-1603. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6685108
Recruitment into computing-related undergraduate degree courses is challenging in several countries. This is despite employers reporting skills shortages, and the sector gener...
Constructive scaffolding for accessible PBL.
Conference Proceeding
Davison, B., & McEwan, T. (2012)
Constructive scaffolding for accessible PBL. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2012.6462395
We reflect on the success of embedding legal, social, ethical and professional issues (LSEPI) into computing courses while at the same time encouraging a "growth mindset" in o...