Title :
Practice of cooperative learning in IT course and its reflection
Author :
Qian, Meng ; Cheng, Zhiqiang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf., Anqing Teachers Coll., Anqing, China
Abstract :
The information technology course stresses characteristic of practice, which includes the teaching of the theoretical knowledge and practice on computer as well. The goal is to help students learn initiatively by teaching them some useful learning methods. Cooperative learning is such a method that strengthens the reform in the new curriculum. Information literacy is a thought in theory and a method in practice. In this paper, cooperative learning in IT course is proposed to satisfy the need of IT course reform and some suggestions are given for related issues.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational technology; IT course; cooperative learning; information technology course stresses; theoretical knowledge; Educational institutions; Lead; IT; cooperative learning; practice; reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8033-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8035-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICEIT.2010.5608339
