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Measurement of University Students' IT Capabilities


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1 Department of Computer Science Education, Graduate School, Korea University, Korea, Republic of
2 Graduate School of Education, Korea University, Korea, Republic of
3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University, Korea, Republic of
 

As the IT industry, which has been a core industry of the nation since the 1990’s, has reached the limits of development, this study attempted to measure the IT competency of college students, who are our future leaders, and propose a countermeasure for any shortfalls found. The results show that college students’ scores were about 50 points lower than those of office workers. As Test of Practical Competency of IT (hereinafter TOPCIT) is the first and primary IT competency test developed in Korea, it was utilized in various ways.

Keywords

College Students, Competency, IT, Test
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Authors

Seung Jin LEE
Department of Computer Science Education, Graduate School, Korea University, Korea, Republic of
Ja Mee KIM
Graduate School of Education, Korea University, Korea, Republic of
Won Gyu LEE
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University, Korea, Republic of

Abstract


As the IT industry, which has been a core industry of the nation since the 1990’s, has reached the limits of development, this study attempted to measure the IT competency of college students, who are our future leaders, and propose a countermeasure for any shortfalls found. The results show that college students’ scores were about 50 points lower than those of office workers. As Test of Practical Competency of IT (hereinafter TOPCIT) is the first and primary IT competency test developed in Korea, it was utilized in various ways.

Keywords


College Students, Competency, IT, Test



DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2015%2Fv8i21%2F115179