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Computer Literacy: The Next Generation
Computer Science Education, 1995This article describes a new approach to computer literacy education‐‐one that takes a radical departure from today's woefully outdated courses and makes computer literacy a legitimate part of the university curriculum. Two facets of this approach are featured: (a) an examination of the social context surrounding the use of computer technology and the ...
Betty L. Hickman, Cynthia L. Corritore
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Elementary computer literacy (SIGCAS)
Proceedings of the ACM '81 conference on - ACM 81, 1981Computer science departments have spent a large percentage of their efforts on educating majors. This is as it should have been since there was a need to establish an identity for computer science. This task is by no means complete, but it is far enough along that more attention can be directed to the large numbers of students who do not want to be ...
Orrin E. Taulbee +3 more
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Strategic approach to computer literacy
CHI '00 extended abstracts on Human factors in computer systems - CHI '00, 2000Despite experience, many users do not progress from a basic use of computer applications to a more efficient use. To address this problem, we designed a strategic approach to training which focused on teaching efficient strategies in addition to commands.
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Audit of computer literacy and skills
Journal of Child Health Care, 1998• Information technology (IT) has radically changed the way that many people work and think • This audit was designed to evaluate the IT skills and training needs of different professional groups • Most clerical staff but only about 33% of medical and nursing staff were able to use the current patient information ...
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Computer Literacy in Family Medicine
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1985Computer literacy is justified and defined in terms of core knowledge about fundamental problem-solving methods for information processing (not as computer languages, hardware characteristics, and so on). These core principles provide a solid grounding that will remain essentially applicable and valid over time.
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A computer literacy mini-course
Proceedings of the 10th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services - SIGUCCS '82, 1982The Computer Consciousness minicourse being taught at Notre Dame's Computing Center began as a response to a growing need noticed by several staff members. Computers today affect everybody's life, and people want to know about them. Many courses in Computer Science and in programming are offered at Notre Dame, both some for credit, and the credit-free ...
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A skeptical view of computer literacy
Proceedings of the ACM 12th annual computer science conference on SIGCSE symposium - CSC '84, 1984Text of a presentation to be made at the Computer Science Conference of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Technical Symposium, February 16, 1984, at Philadelphia.A lot of people seem to believe that “everybody” needs “computer literacy.” The proponents seldom offer a ...
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2007
With the advancement of the computer technology, it become customary to encounter concept of computer literacy, but also more general concept of information literacy. Computer literacy can be defined as ability to use computers and computer programs (according to the established standards), while information literacy represents recognition of need for ...
Mrakovčić, Ivan, Đurović, Gordan
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With the advancement of the computer technology, it become customary to encounter concept of computer literacy, but also more general concept of information literacy. Computer literacy can be defined as ability to use computers and computer programs (according to the established standards), while information literacy represents recognition of need for ...
Mrakovčić, Ivan, Đurović, Gordan
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Computer literacy for the rest of us
Computers and the Humanities, 1993computers? For that matter, what should we teach any students about computers? For some, these questions have lost their relevance. Not only are computers more available than ever before, information about them is easy to find. Mall bookstores and those on college campuses are filled with titles about personal computer software and hardware.
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Taking “computer literacy” literally
Communications of the ACM, 1987Computer literacy implies an analogy between computer-related skills and linguistic literacy that has not been seriously explored. Recent studies of linguistic literacy can illuminate the definition of computer literacy and can suggest new ways of teaching it.
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