Shaping a Tool for Developing Computing Students’ Professional Identity - Industry Perspectives
Obtaining employment is a major aim for many students completing a computing degree. However, students often fail to develop a comprehensive plan to achieve this goal as they have insufficient awareness of what is required to become a professional. In addition, computing degrees and curriculum generally focus on the necessary computing knowledge and skills, often ignoring development around identity, belonging to a community of practice, and connecting with professional role models - components necessary to build a viable professional identity. This paper explores ideas on how to broaden the perspective of students undertaking computing degrees, helping them understand the broader picture of their education beyond coursework units that is needed to ensure their successful transition to industry. Literature on professional identity is used to inform the initial design concepts for a tool, DreamBig, that aims to support the development of an emerging professional identity for students undertaking computing degrees. A focus group with industry representatives was used to validate the concept. Findings of this study highlight the value of this initiative, and indicate the importance of a big picture, holistic view of professional development with a particular focus on the social dimension for computing students and graduates.
Fri 19 MayDisplayed time zone: Hobart change
15:45 - 17:15 | SE education methods and toolsTechnical Track / SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training at Meeting Room 101 Chair(s): Andrew Begel Carnegie Mellon University | ||
15:45 15mTalk | On the Applicability of Language Models to Block-Based Programs Technical Track Elisabeth Griebl University of Passau, Benedikt Fein University of Passau, Florian Obermueller University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau, René Just University of Washington | ||
16:00 15mTalk | Improving Grading Outcomes in Software Engineering Projects Through Automated Contributions Summaries SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training Kai Presler-Marshall Bowdoin College, Sarah Heckman North Carolina State University, Kathryn Stolee North Carolina State University | ||
16:15 15mTalk | Analyzing the Quality of Submissions in Online Programming Courses SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training Maria Tigina JetBrains Research, Anastasiia Birillo JetBrains Research, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Hieke Keuning Utrecht University, Nikolay Vyahhi Stepik, Timofey Bryksin JetBrains Research Pre-print | ||
16:30 15mTalk | A Metric for Measuring Software Engineering Post-Graduate Outcomes SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training | ||
16:45 7mTalk | Using Focus to Personalise Learning and Feedback in Software Engineering Education SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training Bansri Amish Modi School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Andrew Cain School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Guy Wood-Bradley Deakin University, Jake Renzella University of New South Wales, Sydney | ||
16:52 7mTalk | Shaping a Tool for Developing Computing Students’ Professional Identity - Industry Perspectives SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training Laura Tubino Deakin University, Kerri Morgan Deakin University, Guy Wood-Bradley Deakin University, Andrew Cain School of Information Technology, Deakin University | ||
17:00 7mTalk | REFERENT: Transformer based Feedback Generation using Assignment Information for Programming Course SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training Jinseok Heo Sungkyunkwan University, Hohyeon Jeong Sungkyunkwan University, Dongwook Choi SungKyunKwan University, Eunseok Lee Sungkyunkwan University | ||
17:07 7mTalk | Factors Affecting Compilable State at Each Keystroke in CS1 SEET - Software Engineering Education and Training Steven Scott Utah State University, Arto Hellas Aalto University, Juho Leinonen The University of Auckland, John Edwards Utah State University |