Today, before I started working, I started thinking! I ended up with this plan:
What are the key characteristics of computing curricula? (Document Analysis)
I decided not to use EA competencies for several reasons:
- Its already done as I remember Dr. McBride told that every year EA go to universities and examine the documents.
- It doesn't work for universities outside of Australia.
According to Computing Curricula (available: http://www.computer.org/portal/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=2814020&folderId=3111026&name=DLFE-57601.pdf), Computing discipline includes a mixture of following factors:
- Organizational Issues and Information System
- Application Technologies
- Software Methods & Technologies
- System Infrastructure
- Computer Hardware & Architecture
I can do my analysis based on these. This is helpful, because the program is not same for all universities (Computer Engineering- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science- Computing and Software Systems-...). So it can show that each university has focused on which area.
What factors shape the curriculum in Computing discipline? (Survey)
1) External Factors (Factors outside the organization)
- International
- National
- Societal
- Institution
- Department
- Students
- Current curriculum
What is the role of academics as change agents in curriculum change in Computing discipline? (Interview)
I thought that I can do the survey and interview in parallel and then based on the result of both I go for the second round of interview.

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