The concept of information system of universities curricula management

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the concept of information system, which describes processes for obtaining competencies, employment and curricula management in the environment "university-student-employer". To create such a system, the authors suggest: 1) linking employment with the process of obtaining competencies through the development of a common ontology of competencies, which should combine educational and professional ones; 2) developing a feedback process that affects the content of universities curricula by means of monitoring employment and obtaining competencies processes. Research methodology of suggested project is based on the combination of competency approach to processes description and information systems approach to implementation. There is proposed to develop mathematical and informational models, which should describe professional competencies obtaining and employability of graduates, and to test them on real data. Intuitively not questioned the fact that the development of relevant curricula is an essential tool for improving the efficiency of employment of graduates. In this context, the development of a comprehensive model describing the processes in the environment "university-student-employer" on the basis of competency approach, is of great scientific and practical interest, as it provides the prospect of creating a fundamentally new tools of curricula formation. The novelty of the problem is a fundamentally new approach. It is to join universities, students and employers by means of general parameter "competency". Also there is a new problem of formalization of educational and professional competencies in a single ontological model. The implementation and use of such a system will allow the university to increase significantly the quality of their educational activities.