Information and Communications Technology Literacy – Getting serious about IT
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Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia ; Stephen Towers, Queensland Open Learning Network, Australia ; Helen Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-40-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
The growing use of information and communications technologies in commerce and industry is once again encouraging debate and questioning of the development of students' skills and knowledge in this domain. Whereas in the past, the debate has centred on school education, questions about ICT literacy are now being raised in the context of post-compulsory education. Post-compulsory education sits ahead of employment and ICT literacy in the population and workforce is seen as an important component of a nation's competitiveness and advancement. This paper explores the concept ICT literacy in the light of new technologies and suggests factors that are currently seen to limit and impede its attainment.
Citation
Oliver, R., Towers, S. & Oliver, H. (2000). Information and Communications Technology Literacy – Getting serious about IT. In J. Bourdeau & R. Heller (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2000--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 862-867). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/16174/.
© 2000 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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