Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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An Analysis of the proliferation Case of TOPCIT(Test of Practical Competency in ICT) and policy implications

ICT 실무능력 평가 모델(TOPCIT)의 확산사례 분석 및 정책적 시사점

  • Lee, Hyun Seek (Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion) ;
  • Seo, Young Wook (Division of Business Consulting, Daejeon University)
  • 이현식 (대전대학교 대학원/정보통신기술진흥센터) ;
  • 서영욱 (대전대학교 대학원 융합컨설팅학과)
  • Received : 2018.02.01
  • Accepted : 2018.05.20
  • Published : 2018.05.28
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Abstract

In this study, we introduce the background and model for the Test of Practical Competency in ICT(TOPCIT), which is designed to diagnose and assess the competency of ICT industry related workers and software(SW) developers, and also attempt to derive meaningful policy implications for developing a global level of ICT SW competency evaluation system across the different cases in domestic and foreign countries with regard to the application and dissemination of the TOPCIT. First, we analyze the test results from surveys conducted a preliminary test (or a pilot test) for the process of global dissemination of the TOPCIT in 2015. Then, we attempt to compare the results with the domestic test results. The findings show that the average score between domestic and foreign test takers was similar, but in the highest score group, the number of domestic test takers was relatively higher than the number of foreign test takers. Moreover, the average score can be varied by the language ability, especially fluent in English, of test takers. Therefore, the findings suggest that the localization is one of the key components for building upon the global TOPCIT system.

본 연구에서는 ICT산업종사자 및 소프트웨어(SW)개발자에게 요구되는 핵심역량을 진단하고 평가하기 위해 운영 중인 TOPCIT의 추진배경과 모델을 소개하고, 국내외 적용과 확산사례를 통해 글로벌 ICT SW역량평가 제도로서 발전해 나가기 위한 정책적 시사점을 도출하였다. 해외 확산과정 중 2015년에 시행된 Pilot 테스트의 응시자에 대한 설문조사와 시험결과를 분석하였고, 2014년부터 시행된 국 내외 정기평가 결과에 대한 응시자의 점수분포를 비교분석해 본 결과 평균점수에는 차이가 없었으나 최고점수에 있어서는 국내 응시자가 높은 수준을 보여주었고, 영어를 능숙하게 사용하는지 여부에 따라 평균점수 차이가 나타나고 있어 TOPCIT 글로벌화 추진시 현지화에 중점을 두어야 할 것으로 파악되었다.

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