Information Technology Education

Wren Bump

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4025–4028

Information Technology Education: Career Mapping

Joseph M Woodside

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2207–2209

Information technology enrollments have continued to decline with the start of the dot.com meltdown in 2001, with current enrollment only about one quarter of the enrollment in 2001. Faced with declining enrollment many undergraduate programs and...

Topics: Information Technology Education

Culture and Cognition in Information Technology Education

Jaana Holvikivi

European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 32, No. 1 (March 2007) pp. 73–82

This paper aims at explaining the outcomes of information technology education for international students using anthropological theories of cultural schemas. Even though computer science and engineering are usually assumed to be culture-independent, ...

Information Technology Education in Pakistani Library School

Khalid Mahmood

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Vol. 38, No. 3 (1997) pp. 200–10

Provides an account of efforts made to impart education and training of information technology (IT) at six library schools in Pakistan. Presents a brief history of library education in the country, and describes the rationale of IT education for...

Online Communication and Information Technology Education

Aleksej Heinze; Chris Procter

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 5 (2006) pp. 235–249

Blended Learning, a learning facilitation that incorporates different modes of delivery, models of teaching, and learning styles, introduces multiple media to the dialog between the learner and the facilitator. This paper examines online...

Online Communication and Information Technology Education

Aleksej Heinze; Chris Procter

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2006) pp. 235–249

Blended Learning, a learning facilitation that incorporates different modes of delivery, models of teaching, and learning styles, introduces multiple media to the dialog between the learner and the facilitator. This paper examines online...

Use of a Model for Information Technology Education

Peter Trkman; Peter Baloh

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2003) pp. 379–392

This paper presents a newly developed theoretical model for planning and evaluation of educational process at all levels of education. Special attention is paid to education at the university level. The main purpose of the model is to help an...

Information Technology Education for Health Professionals: Opportunities and Challenges

Syed S. Haque; David M. Gibson

Journal of Allied Health Vol. 27, No. 3 (1998) pp. 167–71

Describes surveys of potential health-care employers and health-care professionals to identify the need for biomedical informatics programs. Outlines a certificate program, master of science in biomedicine and nursing informatics, and a Ph.D....

Information Technology Education in a Cooperative Environment: Design and Evaluation

Betty Collis; Jeroen Breman

Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 1997 (February 1997)

Problem-centered project work, involving groups who work and learn collaboratively, is an important form of instructional organization. This is especially true for students learning about the design and development of multimedia learning materials,...

Information Technology Education for Older Adults as a Continuing Peer-Learning Process: A Chinese Case Study

Bo Xie

Educational Gerontology Vol. 33, No. 5 (May 2007) pp. 429–450

This article examines older Chinese's learning and use of computers and the Internet, focusing on the major barriers encountered and strategies employed to overcome those barriers. A total of 33 interviews were conducted in 2004 in Shanghai. Data...

A Problem-Based Learning System in the Case of Information Technology Education

Cheng-Ying Yang; Victor R.L. Shen; Tong-Ying Juang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2490–2494

A Problem-Based Learning (PBL) system is presented with the Website help in this paper. This system is constructed with instructional theory, learning theory, and PBL instructional activities. Also, the literature review, experts' visits, PBL...

The Learning Environment Associated with Information Technology Education in Taiwan: Combining Psychosocial and Physical Aspects

Chia-Ju Liu; David B. Zandvliet; I-Ling Hou

Learning Environments Research Vol. 15, No. 3 (October 2012) pp. 379–402

This study investigated perceptions of senior high school students towards the Taiwanese information technology (IT) classroom with the What Is Happening in this Class? (WIHIC) survey and explored the physical learning environment of the IT...

In search of a constructivist paradigm to guide the practice of adult information technology education

Peter Wingping Hsu

In search of a constructivist paradigm to guide the practice of adult information@technology@education (2007) pp. 1–140

The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the suitability of a set of constructivist principles to guide practitioners of adult IT education and training. For the purpose of this study, constructivism was defined as an active learning...

Business Simulation Training in Information Technology Education: Guidelines for New Approaches in IT Training

Pierre-Majorique Léger; Patrick Charland; Harvey D. Feldstein; Jacques Robert; Gilbert Babin; Derick Lyle

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 39–53

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are commercial software packages that enable the integration of transactions-oriented data and business processes throughout an organization. Most of the world’s largest organizations have already adopted...

Business Simulation Training in Information Technology Education: Guidelines for New Approaches in IT Training

Pierre-Majorique Léger; Patrick Charland; Harvey D. Feldstein; Jacques Robert; Gilbert Babin; Derick Lyle

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10 (2011) pp. 39–53

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are commercial software packages that enable the integration of transactions-oriented data and business processes throughout an organization. Most of the world’s largest organizations have already adopted...

The Introduction and Its Meanings of New Curriculum for Information Technology-Education from Primary to Senior High School in Japan

Toshio Okamoto

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 1, No. 1 (1995) pp. 31–48

Describes the comprehensive curriculum and school infrastructure of information technology education in elementary and secondary schools in Japan. Compares Japan's educational computing with the United States and considers the future of educational...

The Case for Breadth in Computing and Information Technology Education and Training for 13-19 Year Olds

Alan Brown

This paper is based upon the findings of four major research projects. The first project (1986-88) explored issues of good practice, accreditation, and progression in information technology (IT) education and training for teenagers between the ages...

An Investigation of Class Satisfaction in Information Technology Education: A Comparative Study of Students’ Performance Levels at a Japanese University

Takeshi Kitazawa; Masahiro Nagai; Jun Ueno

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 932–937

This paper investigates the factors related to students’ class satisfaction in an information technology course at a Japanese university. Accordingly, 182 university students were administered a questionnaire to evaluate the course during its final ...

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: The impact of Board certified teachers on Career and Technology Business and Information Technology Education student outcomes

Karen Leatherwood

National@Board@for@Professional@Teaching@Standards: The impact of Board@certified teachers on Career@and@Technology Business@and@Information@Technology@Education student outcomes (2004) pp. 1–171

Scope and method of study . The purpose of this study was to determine if National Board Certification makes a difference in student success in this state's Career and Technology Centers. Eighteen Business and Information Technology...

Case Studies of Primary School Teachers' Portfolios on Information Technology Competency Training Program - A Reflection on Information Technology Education for Teachers in Hong Kong

Eton Kung

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 851–852

The application of Information Technology in education has been strongly encouraged by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government since the outset of "Information technology for quality education: Five-year strategy 1998/99 to 2002/03" ...

Topics: Government, Information Sciences, Learning Objects, Educational Technology, Networking Technologies

Why Information Technology Education Has Not Spread in Japanese Schools - Analysis from the viewpoint of elementary school and junior high school teachers by Affinity Diagram -

Noguchi Satoshi; Kubota Kenichi

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 230–234

Japan has been promoting Information Technology Education. The government developed a policy for Information Technology Education 10 years ago. It started with the Millennium Project in 1999. However, Information Technology Education has not been...

Printable Table of Contents. JITE: IIP, Volume 18, 2019

Christopher Cheong

Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan 28, 2019)

Table of Contents of the Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, Volume 18, 2019

Pennsylvania's Innovative Computer Education Program

Kenneth Mechling

T.H.E. Journal Vol. 15, No. 3 (1987) pp. 93–96

Discusses the development of Pennsylvania's Information Technology Education for the Commonwealth (ITEC) program, which was mandated by legislation in 1984. Describes some of the activities of the 14 Regional Computer Resource Centers (RCRCs) which...

Tree Schools and Modular Book Collections

Joe Hallein

Orana Vol. 31, No. 1 (1995) pp. 26–30

Information Technology education in Namibia faces problems such as inability of students and teachers to speak English and the absence of technology, books, and classrooms. Measures are being taken to upgrade schools and learning through the...

Towards a Knowledge Democracy? University Adult Education, Information Technology and Unemployed Persons

Peadar Shanahan

Studies in the Education of Adults Vol. 24, No. 1 (1992) pp. 26–40

Illustrates problems and potentials of information technology education in university-based adult education programs. Considers issues in such programs for community development with unemployment persons. Describes the relationship of the University ...

Creating Web Pages with Elementary Students in the Preservice Curriculum

Hitoshi Susono; Tsutomu Shimomura; Hiroki Koyama; Hiromi Inagaki

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3714–3719

Issues that relate to teachers' skills are most important for changing the practice of information technology education in Japan. At the stage of pre-service teacher education, college students who wish to teach in elementary schools need to improve ...

Topics: Students, Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Children

Pennsylvania In-Service Technology Education: Past, Present and Future. A Status Report of the Regional Computer Resource Center at Temple University

Elton Robertson

In 1984, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed the Information Technology Education Act, which created 14 Information Technology Education for the Commonwealth (ITEC) centers. The purpose of the ITEC centers was to assist teachers in using and...

Effects of a Teacher Training Course Using Robots on Informatics Teaching Efficacy in Non-informatics Teachers

Soyul Yi; Youngjun Lee

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 444–448

: Software education emphasized in the fourth Industrial Revolution is becoming more important not only in information technology education but in other subjects, as well. A need for SW teacher training is therefore more pressing among non...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration

Information Technology Diffusion and Career Awareness in Middle and High School Science and Mathematics Classrooms

Marjorie Darrah; Roxann Humbert

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1456–1460

Information Technology (IT) careers are growing in the world marketplace. It is important that the next generation of professionals be aware of these rewarding and diverse careers and the educational pathways to these careers. The Comprehensive...

Contested Terrain: Accreditation and the Future of the Profession of Librarianship

Kathleen M. Burnett; Laurie J. Bonnici

Library Quarterly Vol. 76, No. 2 (April 2006) pp. 193–219

This article explores the future trajectory of librarianship and its status as a profession in the context of the contested terrain of the information professions and particularly the development of a differentiated information technology workforce. ...

Effects of e-Learning System in Blended Learning Environments: Exploring the Relationship between Motivational Beliefs and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies

Takeshi Kitazawa; Masahiro Nagai; Jun Ueno

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2658–2664

This paper describes the exploring of the relationship between the effects of the e-learning, motivation and self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies in blended learning environments. 125 university students participated in the information...

Pre-service Teachers Educating Parents on Technology: The Technology Information for Parents (TIPs) Television Series

Jacque Ewing-Taylor; Kenneth Gibson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1151–1153

This paper describes the proposed Technology Information for Parents (TIPs) television series. TIPS is designed to meet the rapidly evolving technology knowledge needs of parents, while helping pre-service teachers understand technology integration, ...

Topics: Adults, Networking Technologies, Teachers, Educational Technology

Problem-based Learning applied to Team Environments: A Visual Literature Review

Barbara Lauridsen

TCC Worldwide Online Conference 2012 (2012) pp. 14–28

The purpose of the literature review is to document observations and research findings about the value of problem-based learning (PBL) experiences, especially for programs in Information Technology education. The focus reveals ways that facilitated...

Effectiveness of Subjective Evaluation of Basic Computer Literacy at a University in Japan

Masahiro Nagai; Takeshi Kitazawa; Hiroshi Tachibana; Jun Ueno; Hiroshi Kato

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3874–3881

We conducted a readiness survey on information technology education for students who matriculated in a university in 2006 and 2007. Related researches state that there is no relationship between subjective and objective evaluations; however, in 2006,...

E-Waste: An Environmental Issue for the Technology Classroom

Jeremy Dickerson; Eric Kisling

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3395–3396

Should the legal and ethical disposal of technologies be a required part of basic information technology education? Discarded electronics, often referred to as electronic-waste (e-waste), affects the environment, the economy, and the lives of humans ...

Preface: An Evolutionary Decade

Linda Knight

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 5–6

As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Journal of Information Technology Education, it is fitting to pause and reflect on the journal's growth over the years. Eli Cohen began the journal in 2002, with an original group of six editors. When I...

The Information Technology Model Curriculum

Joseph J. Ekstrom; Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Eydie Lawson; Barry M. Lunt; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 5 (2006) pp. 343–361

The last twenty years has seen the development of demand for a new type of computing professional, which has resulted in the emergence of the academic discipline of Information Technology (IT). Numerous colleges and universities across the country...

An analysis on the impetus of online education: Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia

Asleena Helmi

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 4, No. 3 (2001) pp. 243–253

The Internet provides a venue for several purposes. One purpose is to disseminate information. Compared to other infrastructures, the Internet is one of the more cost-effective ways of improving a country's educational system. Online education is...

Language: English

The University Learning Network: A means for associating open educational resources to competencies

Guillermo Rodriguez-Abitia; Nancy Aguas-Garcia; Lourdes Sanchez-Guerrero; Ana Lilia Laureano-Cruces

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 868–875

To respond to the need for access to an organized set of educational resources that aid in the learning process, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) put in place a technological platform that associates high-quality open-access...

Topics: Participatory/contributory communities, Open educational projects, partnerships, and consortia, Collaborative and Cloud Technologies

The Information Technology Model Curriculum

Joseph J. Ekstrom; Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Eydie Lawson; Barry M. Lunt; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2006) pp. 343–361

The last twenty years has seen the development of demand for a new type of computing professional, which has resulted in the emergence of the academic discipline of Information Technology (IT). Numerous colleges and universities across the country...

The Doctor Is In, but Is Academia? Re-Tooling II Education for a New Era in Healthcare

Andre Lee; Lawrence Moy; S E. Kruck; Joshua Rabang

Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 25, No. 4 (2014) pp. 275–281

Healthcare information technology is at a crossroads today. As legacy data systems converge with bleeding edge technologies, the technology environments of today's hospitals and clinics are evolving rapidly, producing new care delivery models. As a...

Faculty Integration of Technology into Instruction and Students’ Perceptions of Computer Technology to Improve Student Learning

Jared Keengwe

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 6 (Jan 01, 2007) pp. 169–180

Barriers for Students’ Learning of Holistic Systems Development

Karin Levinsen; Sabine Madsen

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 6 (Jan 01, 2007) pp. 425–439

Assessing Students’ Structured Programming Skills with Java: The “Blue, Berry, and Blueberry” Assignment

Xihui Zhang

Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice Vol. 9 (Jan 01, 2010) pp. 227–235

Using a “Socio-Cultural" Approach in Teaching Information Technology to African American Students with Academic Difficulties

Cameron Seay

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 3 (Jan 01, 2004) pp. 83–102

Student Attitudes to Traditional and Online Methods of Delivery

Lily Wong; Michelle Fong

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 13, No. 1 (2014) pp. 1–13

An Analysis of Digital Inclusion Projects: Three Crucial Factors and Four Key Components

Chris Smith

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan 05, 2015) pp. 179–188

An Exploration of the Views of Teachers Concerning the Effects of Texting on Children?s Literacy Development

David Wray

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan 05, 2015) pp. 271–282

Factors Impacting Teachers’ Adoption of Mobile Learning

Kathryn Mac Callum; Lynn Jeffrey; Kinshuk

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 13, No. 1 (2014) pp. 141–162

Building a Student-Centred Learning Framework using Social Software in the Middle Years Classroom: An Action Research Study

Gail Casey

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 12, No. 1 (2013) pp. 159–189