Exit Presentation at Palawan State University, Philippines

Exit Presentation ofRaul Manongdo

Balik Scientist, DOST

Palawan State UniversityFebruary 15, 2012

Signing of DOST Balik Scientist contract with PSU as my primary host institution

Commission on Higher Education Building, Quezon Citymid December 2011

Terms of Reference

Deliverables

� Short course on database development with accompanying lecture notes and lab exercises which the College of Science may eventually use

� Review and propose changes to BS Information Technology and BS Computer Science curriculums

Duration

� 46 days - (6 weeks and 5 days) (Jan 2 to Feb 17, 2012)

Workshop entitled

‘Database Development using Oracle -Data Models and SQL

(Structured Query Language)’

Workshop on Database Development

•used latest version of Oracle RDBMS and tools. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab.

•ran for 6 weeks and attended by 50 students;half were in 2nd year and the other half, senior students.

Workshop on Database Development

“He taught as well.

He gave inspirational messages from exceptional IT people like Steve Job and

Workshop on Database Development

like Steve Job and Mark Zuckerberg.

He even joked that if you want to be a billionaire, just drop out!”

Challenges

Knowledge and skills transfer went on a slow place because of the mixed audience. Students with no prior SQL exposure were mixed with those that had.

Senior students were less engaged due to their ongoing

Workshop on Database Development

Senior students were less engaged due to their ongoing thesis proposals and defence.

Had to changed the lesson plans as I go!

- Reduced the scope of the topics

- Added more hands on and practical exercises

- Included more common topics to audience: inspirational and motivational videos

Certificates of attendance and proficiency are to be awarded to deserving students based on assignments and practical exercises.

A student survey is to be held on the last day to measure the outcome from the workshop.

It would perhaps be better if

Workshop on Database Development

It would perhaps be better if

the target audience are IT faculty members only, as part of a faculty development plan, and held during semestral breaks.

there were more prior consultation with PSU on the TOR and DOST approves the engagement earlier for planning purposes.

Review of IT education curriculums

� Engaged the College of Science (Dean Sonia Bonagua), the IT Department Chair (Mary Joy Abueg-delos Trinos) and the accreditation IT faculty member (Maylene Udtojan) in the conduct of the review.

� Reviewed Memo of Commission of Higher Education (CHED) Memo 53 series 2006

� Compared the CHED memo curriculums against that offered at PSU.

Work meetings at hostel with Dean Sonia Bonagua,College of Science

Review of IT education curriculums

Work meetings at Dean Sonia’s office

BS Computer Science

Course Classification

CHED

CMO 53

series 2006

Offered by

PSU

CMO

Compliant

by Course

Title?

Offered

but not in

CMO /

Not

Compliant

Percent

Compliant by

Units

Courses

(Units)

Courses

(Units)

Courses

(Units)

Courses

(Units)

Basic ITE Core Courses 7(18) 8(24) 7 (18) 1(3) 100%

Review of IT education curriculums

Basic ITE Core Courses 7(18) 8(24) 7 (18) 1(3) 100%

ITE Professional

Courses 11(33) 11(23) 11 (33) 4(10) 100%

ITE Electives 4(12) 3(9) 3 (9) 75%

Free Electives 3(9) 0(0) (0) 0%

General Education 18(54) 23(73) 18 (54) 5(13) 100%

PE and NSTP 6(14) 6(14) 6 (14) 100%

Total 49(140) 51(143) 45 (128) 10(26) 91%

Thesis / Capstone 2(6) 0(0)

Internship / OJT

162

hrs

(opt) 300 hours

BS Information TechnologyCourse Classification CHED

CMO 53

series 2006

Offered by

PSU

CMO

Compliant

by Course

Title?

Offered

but not in

CMO /

Not

Compliant

Percent

Compliant by

Units

Courses

(Units)

Courses

(Units)

Courses

(Units)

Courses

(Units)

Basic ITE Core Courses 6(18) 6(18) 6 (18) 100%

Review of IT education curriculums

Basic ITE Core Courses 6(18) 6(18) 6 (18) 100%

ITE Professional

Courses 11(33) 9(27) 8 (24) 73%

ITE Electives 12(12) 12(12) 12 (12) 100%

Free Electives 9(9) 9(9) 9 (9) 100%

General Education 18(54) 18(54) 18 (54) 5(13) 100%

PE and NSTP 6(14) 6(14) 6 (14) 100%

Total 62(140) 60(134) 59 (131) 5(13) 95%

Thesis / Capstone 1 1(3)

Internship / OJT

486

(req) 1(9)

27 hrs per

week

In so far as the curriculum only is considered,

� BS Computer Science is 91 % compliant� BS Information Technology is 94 % compliant. � B S Information System is not offered at PSU.

Review of IT education curriculums

From the comparison, course units need to be removed, new ones introduced and existing ones changed. These were discussed and enumerated in a report submitted to VP Academics.

A new course offering on Research Preparation, Creation and Publication.

ONLY course titles in the curriculums were compared , not down to each course units syllabi.

In support of a revised curriculum, I recommend to

� Setup a network with servers that will be used for lab on applied technology courses (i.e. network , database and system administration)

Review of IT education curriculums

� Get synergies in place amongst Computer Science department, PSU’s ICT Centre , other PSU colleges and other universities at Puerto Princesa

� Create an IT faculty development plan.

CHED Memo 53 drivers:

Industry needs and Global Competitiveness

Align thesis and on-the-job training with

DOST national priority programs, industry needs and PSU’s Vision, Mission and Goals

Review of IT education curriculums

PSU’s Vision, Mission and Goals

Expand the subject domains

� Technical domains – graphics, image processing, mobile computing

� PSU internal admin applications

� Local industry needs in tourism, conservation and agriculture.

On Business Process Outsourcing

Offer MS Office Productivity Skills course to all students

Set-up a local Toast Masters International club in Puerto Princesa so as to improve on verbal communication skills

Review of IT education curriculums

A study as to the target outsourcing market, and the needed IT support services, will help, if not yet available.

For corporations overseas, packages below are in demand. � Customer Relationship Management Siebel � Enterprise Resource Planning SAP

Obtain Microsoft Academic Alliance for licenses and teaching/learning resources

Review of IT education curriculums

Curriculums review and proposal report submitted to PSU VP Academics – Dr. Fe Ricon

� Agree on an internet domain name and hosts university e-mails via Google

� Invests on PSU’s internet/intranet

Network design thru NCC, DOST

Outside of my TOR

� Network design thru NCC, DOST(National Computer Centre)

� Network provisioning thru ASTI, DOST(Advance Science and Technology Institute)

� PREGINET

Maraming salamat po!

Raul Manongdo

Balik Scientist in Information TechnologyDOSTDOST

+61 414598714PO Box 6496, North RydeNSW, Australia 2113

skype [email protected]@manongdo.com

Donation to Palawan State UniversityExit Report Presentation – Feb 15, 2012

Ink jet printer, copier , scanner

to PSU Hostel

Computer projector with screen

to PSU Presidents Office

Laser printer, copier, scanner

to Dept of Computer Science, PSU

Student SurveyWorkshop on Database Development

Survey Respondents 64% ( 27 of 42 students)

Results: (from a scale of 1 to 5)

Lecture Teaching and Demonstration 4.4

Student Learning 4.1

Top 3:

I am inspired and motivated to do better in my studies and career. 4.8

This teacher created a good environment for learning. 4.7

The feedback I received from this teacher helped my learning. 4.6

Bottom 3:

I found it hard to grasps the topics and keep up with the pace? 3.2

I have difficulty doing the assignment and the tutorials? 3.4

I have other academic load that hinders me in participating? 3.5