Improving IT Education In Vietnam

Improving IT Education in Improving IT Education in VNVN

Discussion & some Suggestions

Huy Zing @ MultiUniHuy Le @ RMIT Vietnam

April 18, 2023 1Huy Zing / BarCamp Hanoi 2009

What’s the state of IT skills in What’s the state of IT skills in VN?VN?Vietnam will lack 1,900 IT

experts by end of 2009Almost half of IT graduates

require additional trainingLittle educational and community

support for innovative technologies

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How are we learning?How are we learning?UniversitiesTraining centersSelf-studyOn the job (lucky you)

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What cool techs are not What cool techs are not being taught?being taught?Please give me some examples


Examples of cool techs not Examples of cool techs not being taughtbeing taughtRailsFacebook Application PlatformOpenSocialiPhone SDKAndroid


Shouldn’t universities be Shouldn’t universities be teaching these?teaching these?Some might say “self-study”…But Stanford University is

teaching them


Why not? CurriculumWhy not? CurriculumExample: RMIT Vietnam

curriculum comes from RMIT Australia

Example: FPT Aptech curriculum comes from Aptech in India

The country’s IT future is decided elsewhere.


Why not? Marketable skillsWhy not? Marketable skillsLess immediate market demandMainstream skills limit innovation

◦Heavy focus on outsourcing in VNMainstream skills neglect

growing job and consulting opportunities


Alternatives for IT Alternatives for IT Education?Education?Please share your ideas


Alternative: corporate Alternative: corporate trainingtrainingExample: RMIT Vietnam wants to

do corporate training in ITBenefit: on-demandLimitation: short 1-2 seminarsWhat courses do companies want

centers?


Alternative: MultiUniAlternative: MultiUni“Turn the community into a university”

Wikipedia => user-generated encyclopediaBarCamp => user-generated conferenceMultiUni => user-generated university

Community teaches latest technologies/skills in classroom environment

Cost: free or close to free


MultiUni - what to teachMultiUni - what to teachNewest technologies and skills

not taught elsewhereFree course material from top

universities: Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, Oxford, Harvard

First course: iPhone application development


MultiUni – who teachesMultiUni – who teachesInitially, experts and teachersThen, any graduate of the

program can teach and pass on the knowledge


MultiUni – who learnsMultiUni – who learnsThe more the betterBut to accommodate limited

space/resources, need admissions criteria & process


MultiUni – how to teachMultiUni – how to teachSame format and length as

universityAround 10 weeks, twice a week

◦After work hoursAssignments and projects,

gradedHigh-tech classroom

environment: Wi-Fi, projector, whiteboard


MultiUni – what resources MultiUni – what resources are neededare neededDonations

◦Time◦Place◦Equipment◦Marketing

Already in place for first course


MultiUni – how to scaleMultiUni – how to scaleSet up for viral growth, like

FacebookSelect students for

◦Skill◦Capacity/interest to teach

Raise monetary or material donations


MultiUni – potential MultiUni – potential partnershipspartnershipsFPT Aptech – market to their

studentsIDG Ventures Vietnam – review

demos of projectsAny other ideas?


More InformationMore Informationhttp://multiuni.org/http://ocw.mit.edu/http://see.stanford.edu/http://academicearth.org/http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/
