Who are we educating?

Here is an infographic about who are we educating, tourists or professionals. Unfortunately, I see more educating tourists than professionals. Students cannot be a passive receptor of knowledge. Students need to active participants in the community of IT professionals gaining knowledge and skills through their learning journey. They start out as newbies and work their way to being considered competent by the IT community. Experience is what we hear all time these days by employers and I will tell you that it has not changed in 20 years. I am seeing programs being developed that were done in the late 1990s. Been there and done that. My goal today is to crack the nut of EXPERIENCE and how we get students experience in a program. One technique is found at makinglearningreal.org. This is one of many that I have participated in for years.