Comparing educational experiences and on-the-job needs of educational software designers
Comparing educational experiences and on-the-job needs of educational software designers
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比较教育软件设计师的教育经验和在职需求
DOI：
10.1145/2538862.2538970
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2014
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Marisa E. Exter
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作者：
Marisa E. Exter
本文报告了一项混合方法研究的部分结果，该研究探讨了设计和开发教育软件的计算机专业人员的教育经验。特别关注专业人士认为正规（大学）教育所涵盖的内容与对他们的专业角色最重要的技能和知识之间的差距。尤其是在与实践技能（例如测试、长期维护代码、源代码控制和开发工具的使用）、沟通、批判性思维和问题解决以及用于继续在职学习的策略相关的领域发现了差异。参与者对改进大学课程的建议主要集中在使用大规模、复杂、持续时间长的真实项目上。作者建议进一步考虑明确教授经验丰富的专业人士所使用的自学技能和策略的类型。
This paper reports on part of the findings of a mixed-methods study which explored the educational experiences of Computing Professionals who design and develop educational software. A particular focus is given on the gaps professionals perceive between what was covered in their formal (university) education and the skills and knowledge that have been most important to them in their professional roles. Discrepancies were found particularly in areas related to practical skills (such as testing, maintaining code over time, use of source code control and development tools), communication, critical thinking and problem solving, and strategies used to continue learning on-the-job. Participant suggestions for improving university programs focused largely on the use of large scale, complex, authentic projects of significant duration. The author recommends further consideration be given to explicitly teaching the type of self-learning skills and strategies used by experienced professionals.