Importance of Lifelong Learning Skills and Degree Covered in Undergraduate Programs: Faculty and Practitioners' Perspective

• In Event: Examining Design Education and Lifelong Learning

Abstract

Given the increased undergraduate enrollment rates in computing majors, it is necessary to investigate how computing education programs prepare their graduates for success after the graduation. Computing professionals indicate that in additional to technical skills/knowledge, non-technical skills, including lifelong learning need to be stressed in formal education. This current study seeks to explore faculty and practitioners’ perceptions about the importance of lifelong learning skills on the job and degree to which these skills are emphasized in computing-related undergraduate programs.

Authors

• Secil Caskurlu, Purdue University

• Marisa Elana Exter, Purdue University

• Iryna Ashby, Purdue University