{"id":18636,"date":"2025-11-27T09:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=18636"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T00:57:14","slug":"new-open-access-textbook-beyond-coding-the-complete-guide-to-it-soft-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2025\/11\/27\/new-open-access-textbook-beyond-coding-the-complete-guide-to-it-soft-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"New open access textbook: &#8216;Beyond coding: The complete guide to IT soft skills&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0Library\u00a0is pleased to announce the publication of a new\u00a0open access\u00a0textbook by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.griffith.edu.au\/8010-david-tuffley\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr David Tuffley<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oercollective.caul.edu.au\/beyond-coding-soft-skills\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Beyond coding: The complete guide to IT soft skills<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the essential soft skills\u00a0required of\u00a0contemporary IT professionals, including communication, teamwork, time management and problem-solving. These competencies are integral to effective practice and leadership within the IT sector. The text will be incorporated into the course\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/study\/courses\/professional-ict-practice-1004ICT\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1004ICT Professional ICT Practice<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to support students in developing these foundational professional capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As an open\u00a0educational\u00a0resource, the textbook is freely available for anyone to read, adapt and share. Its publication strengthens the availability of\u00a0equitable\u00a0and inclusive learning materials for both the\u00a0Griffith\u00a0community and the broader public.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0interested in publishing your own\u00a0open access\u00a0textbook,\u00a0or would like to\u00a0learn more, visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oercollective.caul.edu.au\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Open educational resource collective<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/library\/contact\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">contact the Library<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0if you have any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18637\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18637\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/11\/Beyond-Coding-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover of 'Beyond coding: The complete guide to IT soft skills'\" width=\"217\" height=\"292\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book Cover: (illustration \u2013 Geometric, Design, Computer by Sambeetarts: Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18405 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2021\/08\/the-library-here-to-help-300x300-1.png\" alt=\"red logo. 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These competencies are integral to effective practice and leadership within the IT sector.<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2025\/11\/27\/new-open-access-textbook-beyond-coding-the-complete-guide-to-it-soft-skills\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;New open access textbook: &#8216;Beyond coding: The complete guide to IT soft skills&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":18638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[202],"class_list":["post-18636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-researchers","category-students","tag-library-news"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Scott Cowie","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/11\/pexels-rethaferguson-3867185.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}