1. Student and teacher self-presentation

2. Personal Introduction Dragan Mihajlov Full-time Professor Faculty for Information Sciences and Computer Engineering Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje, Macedonia

3. The Briefest History Active in teaching and research for 40 years 39 years 7 months 16 days 12 hours and ?? minutes watching the industry grow from the IBM 1130 late 1960 to the OLED tablets of today

4. State of Matters Sharing of thoughts Evident gap in the education process IT departments receive a large share of high quality freshmen IT graduates are leaders

5. IN MACEDONIA WE HAVE/HAD IT’s Programmers, Managers and CEO’s Parliament Members Parliament Chairman Prime Minister President

6. The pressure of providing higher quality IT education

7. ISSUE 1 – Technical Writing STUDENTS High quality work Excellent project Disappointing thesis The degradation of great work

8. SOLUTION 1 “Technical Writing” New subject in cooperation with philology Introduced at St. Apostol Pavle IT University in Ohrid Early to discuss long-term effects

9. ISSUE 2 – Presentation Skills The essential presentation skills Sub par student presentations

10. SOLUTION 2 Technical Writing and Presentation Skills Involving colleagues from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts Creating an interesting collaborative environment

11. ISSUE 3 – Self Promotion Writing a CV Excellent former students Underselling to the potential employer

12. SOLUTION 3 Technical Communication I and II Expanding Technical Writing Curriculum Templates & applications Video CV

13. ISSUE 4 – The Guardians “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes” Professors/researchers as professionals Academic popularity vs Student interests

14. SOLUTION 4 – Popular Lectures 15 minutes any topic popular language available online

15. The Shortest Summary Technical writing Dramatic performance Video self-presentation TED-like exposure

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