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This paper discusses the importance and urgency of developing educational and training programs in the areas of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) with a sustainable development vision and service to society focus. We suggest the development of ICT curricula emerging from a framework that includes those disciplines, that in our view, constitute a comprehensive educational platform aiming to provide ICT students with the necessary skills, empowerment, insights and vision to face the challenging requirements and complexity of a globalized and converging world.
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Santoyo, A.S. (2011). Exploring a Framework for a New Focus in Information and Communications Technology Education. In: Cruz-Cunha, M.M., Varajão, J., Powell, P., Martinho, R. (eds) ENTERprise Information Systems. CENTERIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 220. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24355-4_27
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