Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences; Information Literacy; and Articles, Papers, and Reports

Beyond Laptops: A Model for Student Choice in an Ubiquitous Computing Access Environment

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Title:Beyond Laptops: A Model for Student Choice in an Ubiquitous Computing Access Environment (ID: EDU04179)
Author(s):Christopher Starr (College of Charleston) and Marcia K. Moore (College of Charleston)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (2004)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:A student laptop requirement is no longer needed to promote IT fluency and the transformation of learning spaces. The College of Charleston has implemented a ubiquitous computing model that funnels IT funding toward network access and the invisible Web, opening up platform choices for students with reduced technical support.
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IT Literacy for General Education and Online Community

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Title:IT Literacy for General Education and Online Community (ID: EDU9938)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (1999)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:The informatization of higher education and the development of on-line learning communities have created new literacy needs: for information literacy per se and for the cognitive and social skills that enable learners not only to function effectively in technology-rich environments but to become effective members of technologically based communities. Representatives from the Fielding Institute and George Mason University discuss IT competency in general education as well as the last and hardest information literacy skill -- community literacy.
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