Learning Outcomes and Assessments in IT and Engineering Education

1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

• Understand and explain the mathematics that underpins computing hardware and identify the functional relationships between the processor unit and the other components in a computer.

1. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

• Identify your personal learning styles, review their effectiveness and monitor your personal development to cope with the demands of your course and learn to program microcontrollers

“Technology moves fast. Some of the top jobs in IT and Engineering did not exist 10 or even 5 years ago. Discuss how the challenges of a swiftly changing job market are met by your university course.”

The completion of a 2000-word reflective essay which charts your learning style (week 11) This will include:

• A discussion of your learning style and preferences based on a number of theoretical models covered in the course

• Reflections on activities during the course which will include giving an oral presentation as part of a group and taking part in a group decision making exercise.

• An action plan which articulates objectives for both study and career and identifies steps which you plan to take to achieve them.