Certificate in Information

Technology (CIT)EnhanceEdu, IIIT-Hyderabad

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Goals…??? Higher Studies Job Job in MNC

Long Term : Good Career

What’s the right job? Area of Interest Choice of the career A passionate job

You are doing a job because you want to, not because you have to.

Skills required to get a job Aptitude

Technical knowledge Analytical skills Attitude

Intelligence Quotient + Emotional Quotient

Skills Are these necessary to get a job? Are these sufficient to excel in the job?

Dinosaurs Strong Ruled the earth

Why did they perish??

Adaptability

In the corporate Project Team Task Clients Stake holders

What are the skills required??

Lets identify Go to office on time Plan your day’s tasks

Work on your tasks

Meet with the team

Deal with the clients, stake holders

Time Management

Knowledge, learning new things

Team dynamics

Communication skills

Time Management Time is money. Deliver by the dead line. Productivity Stress Management

Task that you work on.. Master a language to start programming?? New concepts – Eager to learn. Problem solving. Knowledge sharing.

Team dynamics Team building and rapport. Collaborative work. Diverse ideas and cultures. Conflict resolving. Working with difficult people.

Communication skills Public speaking. Presentation skills. Listening skills. Writing skills – E-mail etiquette . Body language. Etiquette.

What could be the best way to learn all these skills???

CIT Welcome you all… Our Vision

To enhance the quality of IT education in engineering colleges

Our Mission To setup a training program which will train 12,000

students per year in engineering colleges to be industry-ready

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The Reality

India produces 3,50,000 engineers each year

“... only 25 per cent of Indian engineers are employable…” [Craig Mundie, CTO, Microsoft]

“… only 20 per cent of engineering graduates are employable …” [A joint survey of NASSCOM and McKenzie, 2009]

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What needs to be improved

Problem solving skills

Ability to map real life problems to programs

Communication Skills

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How to Bridge the Gap?

Improve your skills Learn by yourself Start early- Don’t look for companies to train you

on skills.

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An Observation

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Hearing

Seeing

Some more observations…

Studies show: Only 10% of material presented in class is retained by

the end of class Only 3% retained by the final exam Only 1% retained one year later

Jobs require skills How do you gain skills???

… by doing things …

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I hear, I forget

I see, I remember

I do, I understand

[Chinese proverb, anonymous]

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Learning by Doing A great way to learn something is to do it

How do you learn to be good at something? By doing it…

... and doing it again as needed

Students participate in scenarios close to what they will be doing in the industry

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Lecturing mode

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E-learning mode

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Mentoring mode

Mentor = Project lead

Mentor A mentor is one

who has been there, done that, learned from the experience and is willing to share

who helps his/her trainees reach their full potential

one who encourages his/her trainees to do things for themselves by empowering them

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Role of mentor Guide his/her trainees

Each mentor has 10 trainees assigned Provide hints not solutions

Recognize the potential in all trainees

To allow trainees to look beyond their present condition and envision a promising future

Catalyst – faster learning

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A Typical Day at CIT Tasks/Deliverables

Step by step guide

Resources and readings Digital lectures Tutorials

Support from a “Mentor”

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IT Certificate Course Content Computational Thinking

Linux Object Oriented Programming Data Structures

Develop a mini search engine in Java IT Workshop and Soft Skills

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What will the students gain…? Learning to learn

Scope for exploration Team dynamics Smooth transition to different technologies Hands on programming experience Project oriented approach Corporate style of working

Post IT Certificate

Problem solving skills Ability to map real life problems to programs Communication Skills

Importantly, a student will…

… gain the confidence to adapt to any situation…

… this is what the industry needs !!!

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This is just the tip of the Iceberg

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