Title :
Thinking of promoting basic computer education to information technology literacy education in college
Author :
Zhang, Buzhong ; Liu, Kui ; Su, Benyue
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf., Anqing Teachers Coll., Anqing
Abstract :
In order to keep up with the computer science development and national informationization, basic computer education has been deeply reformed in domestic college. After investigating the present situation of basic computer education and its reformation, a new reformatting scheme is proposed. Basic computer education in college should be promoted to information technology literacy education, which studentspsila information technology literacy and practice ability will be strengthened. In this scheme, the teaching process is divided into three stages: basic information technology literacy education, application ability of information technology literacy education, information technology literacy of specialty education. And modularized courses are prepared for students in each stage. The detail of corresponding lecture and experiment curricula system is also researched.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer literacy; educational courses; information technology; teaching; college; computer education; computer science development; information technology literacy education; modularized course; teaching process; Application software; Computer applications; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Guidelines; Hardware; History; Information technology;
Conference_Titel :
IT in Medicine and Education, 2008. ITME 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3616-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2511-2
DOI :
10.1109/ITME.2008.4743837