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STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE UPDATE AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATIONOF IT PROFESSIONALS

This paper by Professor Charles O. Uwadia discusses imperative strategies for ongoing education and knowledge updating for IT professionals. It emphasizes the dynamic nature of technology, need for lifelong learning, and diverse approaches including self-learning, online platforms, and blended learning models to ensure currency and relevance. The goal is to create a multifaceted system that encourages continuous professional development in the field of Information Technology.

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STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE UPDATE AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATIONOF IT PROFESSIONALS

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  1. STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE UPDATE AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATIONOF IT PROFESSIONALS By Professor Charles O. Uwadia,FNCS couwadia@unilag.edu.ng, couwadia@yahoo.com A Paper presented at the 2014 Information Technology Professionals’ Assembly

  2. Outline of Presentation • Imperatives of Knowledge update and continuing IT education • Approaches / Strategies

  3. Knowledge update and continuing education – a lifelong process • “When a man is tired of learning, he is tired of life”

  4. Case for knowledge update and continuing education of IT professionals • Dynamic nature of information technology – paradigm shift, change in Techniques, Tools and Platforms, Principles, Processes • Rapidity of change and need for currency • Change driven by Innovation and Competition

  5. Objectives of Approaches • Availability of instruction/courseware • Ease and convenience of learning • Qualitative instruction • Affordability • Relevance of knowledge and skill set – provision for diverse categories of professionals • Ubiquity and Open access

  6. Approaches • Self learning – www.chamilo.org, www.elearningindustry.com, www.webdesigncrate.com, www.olat.org • Mandatory (Institutional) learning

  7. Approaches • Conventional/Traditional approach • CPN-organised continuing education seminars, conferences, trainings and workshops at designated venues • Develop a credit system for knowledge acquired from other certified/recognised sources • Partnering with Accredited Training institutes to serve as Knowledge update centres

  8. Approaches • The learning landscape has changed, is changing, and will continue to change due to developments in: • Broadband connectivity • Handheld/Mobile devices • New media technologies

  9. Approaches • E-Learning/Online platform • Use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) e.g MIT Open Courseware, Coursera • Envisioning a future where IT professionals update their knowledge by offering courses online • Credits are awarded for offering such courses

  10. Approaches • Alternatively, Blended learning model combines online platform with the traditional model for improved quality instruction and learning experience • CPN’s Easylearning Online campus facility can be scaled up through content provisioning to serve as a Blended learning model for its continuing education programme

  11. Approaches • Content provisioning • Use of existing standard courseware • Developing indigenous courseware culturised to our environment • Partnering with corporate bodies and institutions of learning to produce courseware in areas of need

  12. Conclusion • Knowledge update and continuous education in IT should be a continuous, lifelong exercise • Strategies to make it happen should be multifaceted and driven by IT • Credit-based system that is Blended/SPOC (Small Private Online Courses) and gradually tends towards MOOC

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