In today’s world,humanity is immersed in a digital era where technological advances driven by computers permeate everyone’s life.The situation raises the need for computing and engineering education to inform studen...In today’s world,humanity is immersed in a digital era where technological advances driven by computers permeate everyone’s life.The situation raises the need for computing and engineering education to inform students of their responsibilities to society and their preparation to enter higher education and the workplace.Competency and technical performance are central to this thinking.This article poses two questions:Has competency-based learning in computing and engineering transformed into the current digital age?If so,to what extent has computing and engineering education adopted competency-based learning in their curricula?The authors explore three reports affecting computing and engineering education to address these queries.They include the 2019 Chinese Computer Education for Sustainable Competence(Blue Book),the Computing Curricula 2020:Paradigms for Global Computing Education,and the 2023 Infinite Possibilities:Report on the Digital Development of Global Higher Education.The first emphasizes the importance and necessary elements of sustainable competency and agile education for com-puting and engineering in the digital era.The second defines competency as a triad of knowledge,skills,and human dispositions;it promotes the transformation from knowledge-based to competency-based learning.The third report provides a pathway for the modern digital development of global higher education in a digital and technological age.All three publications support directly or indirectly the transformation of competency into the current digital age.However,computing and engineering programs have yet to adopt competency-based learning in their curricula.Time can tell whether sustainable competency will permeate computing and engineering education globally.In the meantime,acade-micians and industry professionals should continue pursuing the cause to prepare students and graduates adequately as they become part of the digital era.展开更多
Amid the digital revolution,this research explores a groundbreaking topicthe potential impact of metaverse services on the future of computing and engineering education.The transformative potential of metaverse servic...Amid the digital revolution,this research explores a groundbreaking topicthe potential impact of metaverse services on the future of computing and engineering education.The transformative potential of metaverse services in education is a beacon of the future,promising new learning modes in digital environments.This work poses two questions:Will metaverse services affect computing and engineering education learning?If so,to what extent has computing and engineering education adopted metaverse services in its curricula?To address these queries,the authors researched several metaverse activities affecting computing and engineering education.The new concepts of metaverse services,metaverse education services,and metaverse education service space are presented and analyzed.This research also discusses the influences of metaverse and services on computing and engineering education.The research showed a transformation toward metaverse service education in the evolving digital era.Academic and industry professionals must recognize the critical need to prepare students and graduates for the digital era adequately.The future is coming whereby metaverse,higher education,and services will generate a new destiny for computing and engineering education with new learning modes in digital environments.The transformative potential of metaverse services in education cannot be overstated,and the academic and industry communities must recognize and embrace this phenomenon.展开更多
基金the National Science Foundation of the United States for supporting the Collaborative Research:A Data-Driven Employer-Academia Partnership for Continual Computing Curricular Change(No.2111435)the Twenty Experts Forum Team on Computer Education for their contribution to the Blue Book,and the author team for their contribution to the Infinite Possibilities report.
文摘In today’s world,humanity is immersed in a digital era where technological advances driven by computers permeate everyone’s life.The situation raises the need for computing and engineering education to inform students of their responsibilities to society and their preparation to enter higher education and the workplace.Competency and technical performance are central to this thinking.This article poses two questions:Has competency-based learning in computing and engineering transformed into the current digital age?If so,to what extent has computing and engineering education adopted competency-based learning in their curricula?The authors explore three reports affecting computing and engineering education to address these queries.They include the 2019 Chinese Computer Education for Sustainable Competence(Blue Book),the Computing Curricula 2020:Paradigms for Global Computing Education,and the 2023 Infinite Possibilities:Report on the Digital Development of Global Higher Education.The first emphasizes the importance and necessary elements of sustainable competency and agile education for com-puting and engineering in the digital era.The second defines competency as a triad of knowledge,skills,and human dispositions;it promotes the transformation from knowledge-based to competency-based learning.The third report provides a pathway for the modern digital development of global higher education in a digital and technological age.All three publications support directly or indirectly the transformation of competency into the current digital age.However,computing and engineering programs have yet to adopt competency-based learning in their curricula.Time can tell whether sustainable competency will permeate computing and engineering education globally.In the meantime,acade-micians and industry professionals should continue pursuing the cause to prepare students and graduates adequately as they become part of the digital era.
基金research team on metaverse education and services in Harbin Institute of Technology,and the National Science Foundation of the United States for supporting the DEAP Project(#2111435).
文摘Amid the digital revolution,this research explores a groundbreaking topicthe potential impact of metaverse services on the future of computing and engineering education.The transformative potential of metaverse services in education is a beacon of the future,promising new learning modes in digital environments.This work poses two questions:Will metaverse services affect computing and engineering education learning?If so,to what extent has computing and engineering education adopted metaverse services in its curricula?To address these queries,the authors researched several metaverse activities affecting computing and engineering education.The new concepts of metaverse services,metaverse education services,and metaverse education service space are presented and analyzed.This research also discusses the influences of metaverse and services on computing and engineering education.The research showed a transformation toward metaverse service education in the evolving digital era.Academic and industry professionals must recognize the critical need to prepare students and graduates for the digital era adequately.The future is coming whereby metaverse,higher education,and services will generate a new destiny for computing and engineering education with new learning modes in digital environments.The transformative potential of metaverse services in education cannot be overstated,and the academic and industry communities must recognize and embrace this phenomenon.
