Exponential Competence of Computer Science and Software Engineering Undergraduate Students
It addresses the need for computer science and software engineering students to adapt to exponential trends, but is incremental as it focuses on educational design without new technical methods.
The paper introduces the concept of 'exponential competence' as cognitive and social skills needed to handle exponential phenomena, and describes a course for computer science and software engineering students to develop this competence, arguing it is crucial for their future professional roles.
We live in exceptional times in which the entire world is witnessing the exponential spread of a pandemic, which requires to adopt new habits of mind and behaviors. In this paper, I introduce the term exponential competence, which encompasses these cognitive and social skills, and describe a course for computer science and software engineering students in which emphasis is placed on exponential competence. I argue that exponential competence is especially important for computer science and software engineering students, since many of them will, most likely, be required to deal with exponential phenomena in their future professional development.