ST7. Competences for Software Engineering and their Role in Software Engineering Education

Overview

Software engineering (SE) requires not just technical knowledge, but also a variety of (non-technical) competences and skills. Some work has been devoted to characterize the technical content of software engineering, such as the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) or Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT). Other approaches follow a task-oriented approach, e.g., certification schemes in various shapes. Yet, it is not well understood so far which (non-technical) competences are relevant for software engineering and how they can be addressed properly in software engineering education, in particular using immersive learning. This special track seeks contributions that deal with competencies in software engineering. Contributions from other disciplines, e.g., pedagogy, psychology, or other social sciences are particularly welcome.

List of Topics

Suggested topics include—but are not limited to:

Identification and characterization of competences for SE (research methods, competence profiles, documentation formats,…)
Importance of (non-technical) competences in SE
Effects of digitalization on relevant competences in SE
Differentiation of competences with respect to specific roles / phases in SE
Assessment of competences in SE
Systematic concepts for the formation or training of competences in SE, including competence-oriented learning settings in university or adult education
Suitability of immersive learning for relevant competences in SE
Life-long learning and its significance in SE
Relationship and interplay of technical knowledge and competences in SE
Multidisciplinarity in SE
Author Info

Submitted papers must follow the same guidelines as the main conference submissions. Please visit https://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2019/authors-info/ for guidelines and templates. For submitting a paper to this special track, please use the submission system https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ilrn2019 , log in with an account or register, and select the track “ST7: ComSE: Competences for Software Engineering and their Role in Software Engineering Education” to add your submission.

Special Track Chairs

Dieter Landes, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany, dieter.landes@hs-coburg.de
Yvonne Sedelmaier, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany, yvonne.sedelmaier@hs-coburg.de

Program Committee (to be confirmed)

Jürgen Börstler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Axel Böttcher, University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
Jörg Dörr, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany
Samuel Fricker, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland
Javier Garcia-Martin, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Eric Knauss, Chalmers / University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Sebastian Lerch, University of Mainz, Germany
Daniel Mendez-Fernandez, Technical University Munich, Germany
Irmgard Schroll-Decker, University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Germany
Veronika Thurner, University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany
Matthias Utesch, Technical University Munich, Germany
Annette van Rooij-Peiman, Hoogeschool Rotterdam, Netherlands
Anne Virtanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Contact

For more information, please contact:

Dieter Landes, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany, dieter.landes@hs-coburg.de
Yvonne Sedelmaier, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany, yvonne.sedelmaier@hs-coburg.de