Certificate in Information Technology (CIT)

1. Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) EnhanceEdu, IIIT-Hyderabad CIT IIIT-H

2. Goals…??? • Higher Studies • Job • Job in MNC • Long Term : Good Career

3. 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.

4. Skills required to get a job • Aptitude • Technical knowledge • Analytical skills • Attitude • Intelligence Quotient + Emotional Quotient

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

6. Dinosaurs • Strong • Ruled the earth • Why did they perish?? • Adaptability

7. In the corporate • Project • Team • Task • Clients • Stake holders • What are the skills required??

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 CIT IIIT-H

15. 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] CIT IIIT-H

16. What needs to be improved • Problem solving skills • Ability to map real life problems to programs • Communication Skills CIT IIIT-H

17. How to Bridge the Gap? • Improve your skills • Learn by yourself • Start early- Don’t look for companies to train you on skills. CIT IIIT-H

18. An Observation Seeing Hearing CIT IIIT-H

19. 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 … CIT IIIT-H

20. I hear, I forget I see, I remember I do, I understand [Chinese proverb, anonymous] CIT IIIT-H

21. 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 CIT IIIT-H

22. Lecturing mode CIT IIIT-H

23. E-learning mode CIT IIIT-H

24. Mentoring mode CIT IIIT-H

25. Mentor = Project lead

26. 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 CIT IIIT-H

27. 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 CIT IIIT-H

28. A Typical Day at CIT • Tasks/Deliverables • Step by step guide • Resources and readings • Digital lectures • Tutorials • Support from a “Mentor” CIT IIIT-H

29. IT Certificate Course Content • Computational Thinking • Linux • Object Oriented Programming • Data Structures • Develop a mini search engine in Java • IT Workshop and Soft Skills CIT IIIT-H

30. 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

31. 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 !!! CIT IIIT-H

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35. Thank You… CIT IIIT-H