3/9/20

SIT124 Exploring IT

Module 1: What is the

state of technology

Elicia Lanham, Aaron Spence and Jihong Park

School of Information Technology

Welcome to Exploring I.T.

• This unit is a core unit in the:

– Bachelor of IT, Bachelor of Cyber Security, Double Degree Criminology and
Cyber Security, and Bachelor of Design

• This unit will focus on the following themes:

– Exploring IT graduate skills
– Exploring the IT Industry
– Exploring developments and innovations in IT
– Exploring what it means to be an IT Professional

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Welcome to exploring it
A bit about us:

Dr Elicia Lanham
Unit Chair
Burwood and Cloud Campus Coordinators
Phone: +61 3 925 17602
Campus: Burwood - Building T
elicia.lanham@deakin.edu.au

Aaron Spence Jihong Park

Geelong Lecturer Geelong Campus Coordinator
Phone: +61 3 522 78638 Phone: +61 4 2649 2425 Campus:
Campus: Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds
Room: Ka Room: Ka
aaron.spence@deakin.edu.au jihong.park@deakin.edu.au

Module 1: weeks 1 to 2

• Unit introduction and organisation

• How to participate and who to contact in your studies

• Assessment in SIT124

• Introduction to the IT industry and technology

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SIT124 Discussion

What do you want to learn in this unit?

• In class Student Poll

SIT124 Unit introduction

What you will be doing in this unit?

1. Describe the broad range of careers within the IT profession, and explain
their respective skills, responsibilities, and professional practices.
2. Investigate new technologies, and analyse the information located to
provide a high level technical overview and to position it with respect to
earlier advances in the field.
3. Design and develop websites using modern HTML and CSS standards.

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SIT124 Unit organisation

Access all material through the SIT124 Unit Site

In SIT124 your learning is guided through 6 modules

SIT124 Unit organisation

• Elicia Lanham, Aaron Spence and Jihong Park are the content
developers for SIT124

• Your practical teacher will help you navigate the content and
assessment, but don’t design it.

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How to participate in SIT124 Exploring I.T.

• Work through each module completing activities, reviewing

information
• Actively participate in the classroom activities (campus based students)
• Participate in online forums, discussing ideas with others
• Seek feedback from your peers and staff in regards to your assessment
activities
• The readings list has useful resources to assist your studies
• Most importantly, have fun!

Keep up with Technology advancements.

• Through out this unit we will be exploring the IT industry and IT

innovations and developments.
• In a ever changing environment it is hard to keep up to date with
what is the current state.
• Methods which can be used to stay up to date include:
– Blogs, Subscriptions, websites
– Research, white papers

• Can you suggest any other methods?

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Assessment in SIT124

In assessment 1 you will use a web based portfolio tool Portfolium to present your personal
preparation document.
Due 11:59pm Friday Week 4 2nd April 2020

In assessment 2, you will explore a new technology and present your research into this technology.
You will learn about how to build a website to present your work. You will also present your
website to your peers for formal review.
Due 11:59pm Friday Week 7 1st May 2020

In assessment 3 you work in a group to extend the findings from Assignment 2. You will use
JavaScript and client side validation in WordPress to focus your website experience for your target
audience. Your website will be critically reviewed by an external audience allowing this feedback to
impact upon website design.
Due 11:59pm Friday Week 11 29th of May 2020.

Assessment in SIT124

There is a process you should adopt when approaching any

assignment in SIT124

1. Complete the associate learning activities (with the modules)

2. Read the assignment instructions carefully
3. Review the associated marking rubric!
• It will give you vital clues towards how you will be assessed (the
assignment instructions don’t give you everything)

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Questions?

Let’s and pause and discuss.

SIT124 Exploring IT

Module 1: What is the

state of technology
- Part 2
Elicia Lanham, Aaron Spence and Jihong Park
School of Information Technology

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Welcome to exploring it
A bit about us:

Dr Elicia Lanham
Unit Chair
Burwood and Cloud Campus Coordinators
Phone: +61 3 925 17602
Campus: Burwood - Building T
elicia.lanham@deakin.edu.au

Aaron Spence Jihong Park

Geelong Lecturer Geelong Campus Coordinator
Phone: +61 3 522 78638 Phone: +61 4 2649 2425 Campus:
Campus: Waurn Ponds Waurn Ponds
Room: Ka Room: Ka
aaron.spence@deakin.edu.au jihong.park@deakin.edu.au

SIT124 Unit organisation

Access all material through the SIT124 Unit Site

In SIT124 your learning is guided through 6 modules

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Exploring IT

What do each of the pillars mean?

What is the ACM/IEEE?

Association for Computing Machinery is a Global organisation for

computing, world’s largest scientific and educational computing
society https://www.acm.org/

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE is a

professional association for electrical and electronic engineering and
associated disciplines such as computer engineering and
telecommunications. https://www.ieee.org/index.html

These are relevant community for developing you as an IT

professional, and they are both advocates for the research and
advancement of Technology.

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IT Labour Market

IT as a profession: eight per cent increase July 2016 to July 2017 (Australian
Government, 2017b).
Deloitte (2017) predicts that for 2017 to 2020, the ICT workforce will reach
722,000 in Australia.
Skills: mix of technical Information Communication Technologies (ICT)
capabilities and general enterprise skills (Deloitte, 2017). A report by
Graduate Careers Australia (2015) concluded that employers value
interpersonal and communication skills as highly as discipline-specific skills.
Recruitment on skills/competencies and experience as well as grades
(Graduate Careers Australia, 2013; Webster et al., 2016).

Careers in IT

• What does a job in IT look like in 2020?

• What do you think a job in IT will look like in 2023?

• Let’s pause and discuss

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IT Labour Market

In terms of roles, the 2017 graduate outcomes survey showed that for IT, 65 per cent
of graduates were employed as IT Professionals (programmers/ developers, business
and system analysis, sales etc.) (Australian Government, 2017a)
Lets break it down (resources available on the IT Course Hub)
ICT Sales Professional snapshot
ICT Mangers snapshot
ICT Business and Systems Analysis snapshot
ICT Trainers snapshot
Software and Applications Programmers snapshot
Multimedia Specialists and Web Developers snapshot
Computing Networking Professional snapshot

IT graduate skills according to ACM and IEEE

1. Analyze complex, real-world problems to identify and define computing requirements and
apply computational approaches to the problem-solving process.
2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of
computing requirements in the context of the IT discipline.
3. Communicate effectively with diverse audiences the technical information that is
consistent with the intended audience and purpose.
4. Make informed judgments and include unique perspectives of others in computing
practice based on legal and ethical principles.
5. Function effectively on teams and employ self- and peer-advocacy to address bias in
interactions, establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, manage risk, and produce
deliverables.
6. Identify and analyze user needs and consider them during the
selection, integration, and administration of computer-based systems.

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Building your Profile

What are some ways in which you will build your career profile
or professional brand while at university?

Let’s pause and discuss.

Considering the future

• Students need to develop and maintain non-technical, as well as

technical skills within a complex web of industry requirements,
accreditation board statements, and university learning
statements on graduate abilities (Jackson, 2009).
– Yikes!
• Career development, throughout your course, can support
achievement of these activities.
• Use your assessment 1 to build your professional career identity

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Your assessment

• Transform your understanding of the discipline of IT into job

awareness
• Complete through your module 1 activities and your
assessment 1 task.

Assessment 1 - Professional Preparation

Document/Website.
Assessment 1 –Individual assessment - 15% of your total grade

Achieves unit learning outcome: ULO1 – through student ability to demonstrate knowledge
of professional IT practices.

Due date: This assignment must be submitted electronically through the Assessment Folder in the
SIT124 Unit Site (CloudDeakin) by Due 11:59pm Friday Week 4 2nd April 2020

Introduction
In this assessment you will prepare an online portfolio and a LinkedIn profile that presents your career
aspirations, plan for career development, and understanding of the skills required for your chosen
career.

This assessment also asks you to present a picture of your future career, exploring roles you would
like to consider. You will be supported in exploring these concepts through module 1 and 2 of this unit,
please refer to the modules for further activities that support exploring your career.

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Portfolium – Online Portfolio Tool

Instructions will be added for the new Portfolium system.

Conclusion

• This unit can help inform your career aspirations

– Be they in IT or not, career development is an important activity for
all.
• We will understand the state of IT, and develop our skills in web
design and development
• What’s next? Keep working through the modules

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References
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Australian Government (2016b), Building productive industry-university collaboration in ICT, Available at:http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2016/05/communique-building-
productive-industry-university-collaboration-in-ict/ (accessed 19th February 2018).

Australian Government (2017a), 2017 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Survey, Available at:https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/gos-
reports/2017/2017_gos_national_report_final_accessiblea45d8791b1e86477b58fff00006709da.pdf?sfvrsn=ceb5e33c_4 (accessed 12th February 2018)

Australian Government (2017b), Australian Labour Market Update: July 2017 Hot Topic: The Labour Market Experience of Recent Migrants, Available
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Deakin University 2017, DeakinTALENT: Career Decisions, accessed 7 March 2017, https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/deakintalent-currentstudents/portfolio-item/career-decisions/

Deloitte (2017), Australia's Digital Pulse: Policy priorities to fuel Australia's digital workforce boom, Available at:https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-
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Graduate Careers Australia (2013), Graduate outlook 2012 the report of the graduate outlook survey: Employers' perspectives on graduate recruitment, Available
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Jackson, D. (2009), "An international profile of industry-relevant competencies and skills gaps in modern graduates", International Journal of Management Education, Vol. 8
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