Information and Communication Technology ICT Skills for Learning: Piloting a Training and Embedding

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Information Services in collaboration with the
Faculty of Humanities
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Skills for Learning Piloting a Training and
Embedding Programme for Students at Queen's
Developing Learning and Teaching Fund
Introduction The learning environment is becoming
ICT rich but not all students have the
appropriate ICT skills to cope with this
environment. To address this problem, a
programme for ICT skill development was produced
and piloted with level 1 Humanities students in
2002-2003. Feedback from this pilot will inform
the provision of ICT training for all level 1
students in 2003 - 2004.

• Deliverables
• USE IT campaign targeted at all level 1
  students
• Profiling tool to identify students ICT skills
  and appropriate training
• Training programme with supporting training
  materials
• Computer based ICT assessment to assess basic ICT
  competence
• Audit of ICT skills development within level 1
  Humanities modules

Screen from the ICT Assessment Tool Word
Processing

• Outcomes
• The pilot has highlighted the need
• to tailor and target ICT training
• to demonstrate the relevance of ICT skills to
  students
• for Schools and Information Services to work in
  partnership to address students ICT skills gap

USE IT AT Queen's, 2002