Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Testing Technology Literacy

Professors, librarians, and other college officials are increasingly coming to grips with the somewhat confounding reality that despite students’ affinity for IPods and their complete comfort with Google, many of them lack the technological literacy they need to navigate today’s information landscape. The California University System is creating a test to measure students' technology literacy. University officials are contemplating making this test mandatory for students to pass before moving on to higher level courses.
Source: Inside Higher Ed, January 4, 2007

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