DescriptionProfessional development in an age of technological change amidst a global pandemic is daunting. Nevertheless, technologists must prepare ourselves for moving targets of demands and expectations. Academic curricular recommendations responded by shifting from specification of knowledge areas to competencies. To allow these recommendations to be applicable over time, these competencies are appropriately not tied to specific software or hardware technologies. We can also leverage this approach for professional development. One technique is through use of non-academic information sources, known as grey literature.
We discuss determining the veracity, and perhaps longevity, of academic and grey literature, and approaches to professional development.
Outcomes- Recognize the difference between academic literature and grey literature
- Understand levels of trustworthiness of information
- Develop criteria for the professional development source they use.
