Journal of Student Research 2016

Journal Student Research

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be placed into portfolio courses and be a new tool for students to use when creating portfolios.

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Future Research Questions

Some future questions that can be further discussed are 1) What are the most important skillsets to hire in apparel industry from employers’ per spectives? 2) How will technologies (e.g. augmented reality) affect students’ portfolio and employment in apparel industry? The importance of explor ing these questions can impact the validity of the subject’s opinion of what criteria they consider to be most important to the industry. The impact of these questions can help improve future research for students and employers. Students and the apparel industry will then be able to compare and contrast, and then validate each other’s perspective of how to improve presenting skills in portfolios, and to use a portfolio effectively as a student and professional in the hiring procedure. The effects of technologies in portfolio and employ ment in the apparel industry can impact the research by enabling the pro spective hires to know what technology is available in the apparel industry. Limitation of Current Studies Limited research has been conducted on job qualifications, portfolio, and advanced technologies used in portfolio within the apparel design disci pline. This study will provide implications for educators and apparel course curricula by keeping up to date with advanced technologies (e.g., Augmented Reality) in portfolio development.

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