Programming-lite: A dialog on educating computer science practitioners in a "flat world"

Robert B. Allen, David Klappholz, Michael R. Wick, Carol Zander

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Abstract

In his now famous book The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman describes the world as having entered 'Globalization 3.0' in which anyone, anywhere can connect, collaborate, and compete. This, of course, comes as no surprise for computer scientists who are both responsible for much of the enabling technology and who are perhaps the most public of its victims. 'Offshoring', as it has been labeled, will have a significant and lasting impact on the skill set required of computer science practitioners over the next few decades. The following diagram illustrates that impact by overlaying offshored skills onto the traditional application development workflow.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGCSE 2007
Subtitle of host publication38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Pages243-244
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
EventSIGCSE 2007: 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - Covington, KY, United States
Duration: 7 Mar 200710 Mar 2007

Publication series

NameSIGCSE 2007: 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Conference

ConferenceSIGCSE 2007: 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCovington, KY
Period7/03/0710/03/07

Keywords

  • Computer science education
  • Curriculum
  • Offshoring

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