summative report: 1st consultative curriculum dev oct. 20-21

October 2021 1st BSIT Consultative Curriculum Development Session of 12Hacienda Darasa, Tanauan Batangas

1st Consultative BSIT Curriculum Development ActivityOctober 2021

Hacienda Darasa, Tanauan Batangas

Summative Report

We should prepare the students not in the past, not in today's world, but in their world to come …JOHN DEWEY


The 1st Consultative Curriculum Development session was an important milestone in the history of BSIT program implementation since year 2002. Faculty members from BSIT: Mr. Barcenas, Mr. Alvin Teruel, Mr. Ricky Sandil, Mr. Rico Manalo, Mr. Erwin Macaraig; BSENTREP: Mr. Leslie Fonacier; BSCPE: Mr. Rowel Garcia; and BSME; Mr. Anthony Delos Santos; Student Representatives: Ms. Marjorie Enclona, Ms. Angel Macaraig, Mr. Rickie Santiago; Laboratory Assistant: Mr. Roger Roa attended the activity.

There are also faculty members coming from Don Bosco Canlubang: Mr. George Arrieta, Mr. Gary Acosta, and Ms. Lastra. Don Bosco canlubang represented the newly opened BSIT and BTTE major in IT.

Ms. Len Salazar of BSCS Dept. was absent and was not able to join the activity.



DAY1

Mr. Barcenas (BSIT Chairperson) presented to the Faculty members and students the tally of the alumnni inputs using concept mapping. Two copies of A4 size prinout of the concept map was given to the faculty members and students for their perusal. Each input was discussed in detailed by Mr. Barcenas as participants digest the inputs.

The outline below represents the tally of Alumni inputs given by the BSIT alumni to the Consultative Curriculum Development conducted on October 2021. The tally was derived from a 17 pages of discussion with alumni thru FaceBook Social Media. There are 11 major areas to be considered. Please take note that the numbering 1 – 11 does not represent order of priority or preferrence of implementation. The areas acts as guides for discussions.

1. Enhancement of Accounting / Finit / MIS and Other Business Related1.1 SAP – Discussion of Terms and Concepts1.2 ERP – How to Operate / Possibiility of using WebERP to deliver experience of ERP

2. Software Engineering / Project Management

2.1 Real Like simulation / Actual Stakeholder particpation 2.2 Focus on Requirements Identification

2.3 Project Turnover

3. Web Development3,1 Discussions on Web3.0 / 4.03.2 Include CMS Content Management Systems i.e. Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress for discussion3.3 Training of students in the use of Frameworks / MVC – Model View Controllers i.e. Code Igniter / Symphony / Cold Fusion / Django3.4 Inclusion of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing)3.5 Advance Web Pages Topics CSS3 / HTML5

4. Free the Elective Students are allowed to choose specialization, Networking, Programming, Database, System Administration

5. Networking5.1 Inclusion of CISCO in the discussion5.2 Possibility of certification for students



5.3 Advancement in Routing technologies Layer 7, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP5.4 VOIP – Voice over IP using asterisk

6. Information Security

7. Systems Administration7.1 Focus on scripting languages with special emphasis on writing scripts and execution via cron jobs (i.e. managing 10,000 servers by one sysad)7.2 Linux Command profiency7.3 Server Management, clustering, load balancing, firewalls7.4 Virtualization7.5 Cloud computing

8. JAVA Addition of Mobile computing J2ME

9. Databases 9.1 Design of Databases done by students should be correct 9.2 Oracle , PL/SQL 9.3 Postgre SQL 9.4 Clustering / Grid Clustering 9.5 Data Warehousing

10. ABAP Cobol Programming Experience – Using OpenCOBOL

11. Important Skills 11.1 STRONG Programming Skills 11.1.1 Logic Formulation 11.2 Algorithm 11.3 Problem Solving Skills 11.4 Interpersonal Skills of Students

11.4.1 English Proficiency Written / Spoken 11.4.2 Leadership / Teamwork

11.4.3 Strict Observance of Deadlines 11.4.4 Entrepreneurial Capability of Students Possibility of Formation of Business

Groups for IT Alumni

As the items were discussed in full, raising of questions and clarifications were encourage to maximize the time and immediately redirect the discussions to the real meat of the problem. Faculty and students were very participative during the discussions.



Initial Assesment:The faculty members were happy that the current curriculum adjustment made before where at

least 80% at par with the alumni recommendations. The remaining 20% can be easilly adapted by the faculty members in the curriculum. Each faculty member find the alumni suggestions as challenging. Everyone was very thankful for the help done by the alumni.

Faculty Members in action:Mr. Barcenas introduced to the faculty

members the tool to be used to carry the process of curriculum development. He demonstrated the use of concept mapping using the freemind software. Using this tool, the Content, Sequencing of Topics, Objectives, Resouce Materials and References can be plotted in a visual form faster than the Linear Form or Tabular representation. The faculty members was comfortable in using the tool and helped one another regarding topic areas not in their concern.

Resolutions on the Alumni inputs:

1. Enhancement of Accounting / Finit / MIS and Other Business Related1.1 SAP – Discussion of Terms and Concepts1.2 ERP – How to Operate / Possibiility of using WebERP to deliver experience of ERP

Mr. Barcenas thanked Mr. Fonacier for handling the subjects ACCTG and FINIT. He acknowledged the subjects to deliver the alumni expectations. There where no major problems encountered by the alumni specially those in Business Process Outsourcing. Enhancing the skills of students in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planner) software was the only thing suggested in the discussions.

With this in mind, Mr. Barcenas presented to the faculty members an Open Source applicationcalled WebERP. This will be the Software tool which can be added as a learning material to ACCTG and FINIT. Since WebERP can be compared to SAP, students will have



an idea how to run ERP systems. We also have graduates who are going to Accenture, and having a knowledge in running an ERP will give the graduates an edge specially in programming ERPs. Mr. Fonacier accepted the idea of incorporating the WebERP into the subject. Web ERP will be installed into the computers so that students will be able to use it.

2. Software Engineering / Project Management2.1 Real Like simulation / Actual Stakeholder particpation

2.2 Focus on Requirements Identification2.3 Project Turnover

Most of the concern in this area was the requirements identification of software application. Mr. Barcenas explained to the body tthe reason why alumni have deficiencies in this area. Mr. Barcenas explained the difference between Software Engineering with the other Engineering disciplines.

As of the latest curriculum on Software Engineering, the students were given a hands on activity on the requirements identification. The stakeholders was found inside the school but in the next implementation of the subject, students will be asked to communicate with stakeholders outside the school setting. This will give a chance to students to enhance their interpersonal skills and experience the real world.

3. Web Development3,1 Discussions on Web3.0 / 4.03.2 Include CMS – Content

Management Systems i.e. Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress for discussion

3.3 Training of students in the use of Frameworks / MVC – Model View Controllers i.e. Code Igniter / Symphony / Cold Fusion / Django

3.4 Inclusion of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing)

3.5 Advance Web Pages Topics CSS3 / HTML5



Mr. Teruel received the copy of suggested topics to be inserted in the class discussions. Mr. Teruel was currently teaching frameworks to the students. Code igniter was the framework taught to the students. Mr. Teruel will be adding another framework to the current curriculum. Mr. Teruel showed to the body the new curriculum of PROG313 and Elective subject using the PHPcake framework.

4. Free the Elective Students are allowed to choose specialization, Networking, Programming, Database, System Administration

Everyone agreed to free the electives and let the student choose their fields of specialization. Mr. Barcenas was optomistic that this can be done because the IT Department has lots of students and can manage to open many elective subjects without having problems on meeting the required quota per classroom. The ELECTIVE subjects will be free on the next school year 20112012.

5. Networking5.1 Inclusion of CISCO in the discussion5.2 Possibility of certification for students5.3 Advancement in Routing technologies Layer 7,

EIGRP, OSPF, BGP5.4 VOIP – Voice over IP using asterisk

Mr. Manalo explained to the body that certification will require money. Inclusion of VOIP will be added in the current DTCOM313 subject , students can get a discounted price for the training activities in CISCO.

6. Information SecurityTo be added in the Elective subjects. Training of

teachers on this field will help in the development of the curriculum.

7. Systems Administration7.1 Focus on scripting languages with special emphasis on writing scripts and execution via cron jobs (i.e. managing 10,000 servers by one sysad)7.2 Linux Command proffiency7.3 Server Management, clustering, load balancing, firewalls7.4 Virtualization7.5 Cloud computing



This section was discussed in detail by Mr. Barcenas. Mr. Macaraig acknowledged the alumni inputs and will be adding the linux scripting language as an important skill to be learned by the students.

Mr. Barcenas put an emphasis in the Cloud Computing technology. He discused to the faculty members how this kind of technology can kill the IT industry. In the United states, the Cloud Computing technology decreases the demand for IT Professionals. Should this technology come into fruition 5 to 10 years from now, the IT graduates will have a problem in employment.

The demand of IT programmers will decline in the future. There is a need for the BSIT curriculum in DBTC to focus more on Systems administration, Network Security rather than Programming.

8. JAVA Addition of Mobile computing J2ME This alumni input was very well accepted by the faculty members and would be adding this topic in the ELECTIVE subjects. The topic would cover the programming of Mobile devices such as celphones. 9. Databases 9.1 Design of Databases done by students should be correct 9.2 Oracle , PL/SQL 9.3 Postgre SQL 9.4 Clustering / Grid Clustering 9.5 Data Warehousing

Mr. Teruel have recently added the Oracle topic as part of the advance database subject. DB323 Advance Database subject will cover the different databases such as ORACLE, POSTGRE. Management of Large Databases, Clustering, High availability Database servers will be one of the topics to be covered.

10. ABAP Cobol Programming Experience – Using OpenCOBOLMr. Sandil has a good background in programming COBOL. This subject will be added to the

Elective offerings and will be using Open COBOL as the tool to teach COBOL.

11. Important Skills 11.1 STRONG Programming Skills 11.1.1 Logic Formulation 11.2 Algorithm 11.3 Problem Solving Skills 11.4 Interpersonal Skills of Students



11.4.1 English Proficiency Written / Spoken 11.4.2 Leadership / Teamwork

11.4.3 Strict Observance of Deadlines 11.4.4 Entrepreneurial Capability of Students Possibility of Formation of Business

Groups for IT Alumni

Majority of the subjects here is delivered by the Computer Science department but unfortunately, the teacher was not able to come to the said activity. There is a need to look into the details how IPRO113, PROG113, PROG323, STPROG223 is being delivered to the students.

The upper year subjects will be adjusting the the strategies to be able to train the students in this defficiencies. Everyone agreed that teching techologies to student will be easier if students will be good in this important skills. All subjects should tain students to think critically, develop interpersonal skills, leadership through proper teaching strategies.

Item 11.4.4 Entrepreneurial Capabilities of students is a good input done by our alumni Mr. Giovanni Petratche. Mr. Petrache is one of the first batch of IT graduates who went self employed and became successful in it. This requirement has to be added to the existing Profile of an Ideal BSIT Graduate. Further discussions is required on how to implement and train students to aquire this skill.The need to setup an alumni group for self employed IT alumni was noted.



DAY2Presentation of Outputs

The teachers presented their outputs and discussed how the whole subject will be discussed. Because of the limited time available, teachers were asked to choose one subject to explain.

Mr. Manalo Presenting Data Comms Mr. Garcia Presenting Logic Circuits

Mr. Teruel explaining the PHPcake Framework Mr. Sandil on Discrete Math

Mr. Delos Santos on Physics subject Mr. Fonacier on ACCTG and FINIT



BSIT Directions for incoming 2nd Semester onwards.

After the discussion of outputs made by the teachers, Mr. Barcenas explained how the subjects will be managed in the BSIT program. The procedures and control mechanism was emphasized. The BSIT department will maintain the procedure on weekly lesson planning to be submitted at least a minimum of 1 week before the actual class. With this the department will have already a clear glimpse on what to expect in the suceeding weeks of classes.

Mr. Barcenas also informed the faculty members that starting next semester, communications regarding corrections, reminders on materials submitted to the department will be made more formal through memos. This document is critical and will be very usefull in the PAASCU visit this coming November.

The BSIT deparment will be using the Don Bosco HEI Open Courseware website http://hei.donbosco.net as the knowledge repository. Format of the curriculum documents are already available for data entry. Don Bosco Canlubang will also use the same knowledge repository so that there will be sharing of resources between BTTE maj in IT and BSIT program.


http://hei.donbosco.net/


Don Bosco Canlubang BTTE Major in IT output.

From left; Sir Gary, Sir George, and Mam Lastra discussing BTTE course materials

The current BSIT Program in Canlubang was different than that of the BSIT Program of Mandaluyong. According to the group, there were many subjects which was dropped from the curriculum of BSIT Canlubang. If the BSIT program of mandaluyong only delivered at least 85 to 90 percent, comparing the alumni inputs to the BSIT of Don Bosco Canlubang will only deliver 60%. An immediate review and revision of the program should be scheduled.

Starting Next Semester, BTTE program will start uploading materials in the hei website. Sir Gary will be adminstering the BTTE section of the website.

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summative report: 1st consultative curriculum dev oct. 20-21

Technology

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freetheelective

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programming

systemsadministration

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