WILAfrica Conference 2018 INVESTIGATING IT STUDENTS PERCEPTION ON

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” INVESTIGATING IT STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THEIR TECHNICAL COMPETENCY AFTER WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING (WIL) MR JOYOUS MDUDUZI MIYA MHLONGO VX , MSANE JJ, MIYA JM, MUTANGA MB DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND • Our ICT qualification • 2 streams – Communication Networks and Software Development • WIL background and integration into ICT Qualification • Motivation of this study • Contribution to the body of knowledge IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” FRAMEWORK IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” METHODOLOGY • Quantitative Study • Sample Population • All third year students registered for WIL (Comm. Net and Software), in total 110 students • 74 responses • Data Collection Instrument • Online Questionnaire – Emailed to all students • Data Analyses • SPSS – simple descriptive statistics IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” FINDINGS – STUDENT CONFIDENCE Overall about 50% rated themselves as having low confidence after going through the WIL programme. IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” FINDINGS – ABILITY TO PRODUCE ACCURATE RESULTS • 60% felt their technical • • IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE skills were just as good as their fellow peers on the job 77% highlighted that their bosses relied & trusted the work they produced. On average about 55% were spread between somewhat agree, agreed & strongly agreed with regards to their ability to produce accurate results

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” FINDINGS - WILLINGNESS TO LEARN • On overall about 85% were spread between somewhat agree to strongly agree, with regards to willingness to learn • Only about less than 5% showed a negative perception on their willingness to learn IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” FINDINGS - SHARING EXPERIENCES • 79% of the respondents responded positively and confident about sharing knowledge with their peers. IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” FINDINGS - RECOGNITION BY PEERS AS BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE • 75% of the respondents agreed with varying degrees that their peers recognise them as being knowledgeable in what they do • more than 80% expressed confidence in being able to lead a team IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” CONCLUSION • Background and Aim of this study • Framework and Methodology • Presentation of results • On conclusion this study has highlighted that after going through WIL, students are more confident in their technical abilities • There are certain aspects of technical competence that students still lack i. e. confidence in their abilities IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

“WIL-Africa Conference 2018” THE END - QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? Thank You IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE