Synchronizing Technology Courses with Market Needs
Abstract
Given that technology is changing at an ever accelerating pace, keeping technology courses up- to-date with market needs is becoming increasingly difficult. This paper presents a process for developing college courses that more align to market needs. The iterative process exploits reusable, expandable domain models that are vetted by market experts and that describe the semantics, functions, skills, and knowledge requirements of the target market. These domain models are then used to develop course objectives that better synchronize to the specific domain of interest and better prepare students for what they need to know to be more competitive in the job market.