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Approaches in Developing Undergraduate IT Engineering Curriculum for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Malaysia and Vietnam
VNU University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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The Centre for Teaching and Learning, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
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Department of Information Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Global Affairs, Division of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
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Institute of Science and Technology of Industry 4.0, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
1 VNU University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
2 Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
3 The Centre for Teaching and Learning, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
4 Department of Information Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
5 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
6 Global Affairs, Division of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
7 Institute of Science and Technology of Industry 4.0, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
Curricula have important effects on students’ professional skills. To prepare for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), countries are recommended to implement new curricula to develop new competencies for the automation workforce. As Information technology (IT) lays the foundations for the core 4IR-relevant emerging technologies (big data, internet of things, artificial intelligence, etc.), countries have developed new IT engineering curricula to prepare engineers for the 4IR. By conducting a structured focused comparison for bachelor IT curricula containing core 4IR modules of 57 Vietnamese and 35 Malaysian universities, this research aims to find appropriate approaches in developing curricula to prepare 4IR competencies for IT engineering students for Malaysia, Vietnam and implications for other nations. The research found that, only new stand-alone curricula with a focus on 4IR competencies can prepare engineers for the 4IR. It then provides seven lessons for designing new 4IR engineering curriculum and for continuing studies on 4IR-ready curriculum.
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