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Tuesday March 20 2007 | 000 Multidisciplinary

Computer Literacy and IT Leaving Profiles

Computer Literacy and IT Leaving Profiles Bernard Bérubé IT Educational Advisor, Collège Gérald-Godin

The Issue

By now, everyone feels that students must attain a minimal mastery of Information Technology to research and process information. We are adding computer literacy into the toolbox of the Everyman of the Twenty-First Century where many feel that it has as much relevance as literacy with the written word. The need for training in IT has been demonstrated in studies by l’OCDE, de Statistics Canada et de la CRÉPUQ (in French).

This article is a glimpse into the two year long process to develop an exit profile for students in the Humanities Programme and the Accounting and Management Technologies Programme.

Two Programmes Targeted

As the creation of new programmes with greater local options occurred in colleges, the ministère de l’Éducation (MEQ) created a task force to find someone in each school to function as an IT representative. This experimental grouping was to study the use of Information Technology in the programme of Humanities and the programme of Business Administration Accounting and Management Technologies. The network of IT Representatives met for the first time in November 2002 in a effervescently creative atmosphere. This meeting resulted in the formation of a working committee to develop an IT exit standard for each of the two programmes under study.

The Exit Standard for Humanities

As with any programme revision, the local programme committees in each school were asked to participate in the development of an IT exit standard by researching the place of Information Technology within their programme. With Humanities, this was largely a description of a sixth goal of the programme which involved determining how courses would contribute to the development of appropriate IT attitudes and habits.

The first year, the working committee formed by the MEQ decided to concentrate on the IT exit standard for Humanities. Three IT Representatives, accepted prime responsibility for the work in partnership with other network members. The core team included Bernard Bérubé of Collège Gérald-Godin, Raymond Boulanger and Lyse Favreau of the MEQ, René Fradette of Cégep de La Pocatière, Richard Lafaille of Collège de Maisonneuve and André Lecomte of the provincial teachers' committee for Humanities (Comité des enseignantes et des enseignants du programme de Sciences humaines) and teacher at Cégep de Trois-Rivières. First the members of the committee had to determine how the staff in their own colleges was making links between Information Technology and Humanities and then research the situation in other colleges of the network. The synthesis of this research resulted in a proposed exit standard which was presented to the IT Representatives on April 23, 2003. Following modification by this group, the document was finalized and made available to teachers in the Quebec College Network to use as they wished in the preparation of their courses.

The standard consisted of a generalized statement of ability that was subdivided into four components. It underscored those aspects of the programme that had an IT dimension.

 

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Un blog sur l'éducation à la culture informationnelle

Bonjour, Dans le cadre des habiletés informationnelles et de l'éducation à la culture informationnelle; je voulais vous faire part de mon blog axé sur ce domaine. Http://veillepedagogique.blog.lemonde.fr Cordialement. JP PINTE

Jean-Paul PINTE, Enseignant Chercheur, Université Catholique de Lille [2008-10-30]

Le profil TIC et informationnel des élèves du réseau collégial est maintenant cité par les universités!

La CRÉPUQ a publié un document qui précise les compétences à l'entrée au 1er cycle pour les étudiants universitaires québécois, et pour un descriptif des compétences (sic) on fait référence au profil du réseau collégial! "Tableau des compétences informationnelles et du niveau recommandé à l'entrée au 1er cycle universitaire", CRÉPUQ, 29 juillet 2008. URL = http://www.crepuq.qc.ca/IMG/pdf/Comp-informat-niveau-recommande-2008-07-28.pdf Voir en particulier à la dernière page. Bravo encore à tout le monde!

Isabelle Laplante, Bibliothécaire, Centre de documentation collégiale (CDC) [2008-9-24]

Encore une autre

Le sujet est d'actualité ... On s'intéresse à l'utilisation des TIC dans une perspective citoyenne. Dans un blogue du site Education 2.0, Florence Meichel présente un schéma qui donne un aperçu des compétences webcitoyennes à l'ère du Web 2.0. http://florencemeichel.blogspot.com/2008/04/web-20-quelles-comptences-webcitoyennes_28.html

Françoise Marceau, Conseillère pédagogique, Profweb [2008-6-03]

Une ressource intéressante

Le Programme Information Pour Tous (PIPT) de l'UNESCO a publié un rapport qui offre un premier cadre théorique pour la mesure de la maîtrise de l'information. Intitulé "Towards information literacy indicators" ("Vers des indicateurs de la maîtrise de l'information"), le rapport fournit une définition de la maîtrise de l'information, un modèle de correspondances entre la maîtrise de l'information et d'autres compétences comme la connaissance des TIC, et une description des normes éducatives en matière de maîtrise de l'information. [Source : UNESCO et NTIC.org] Voici l'hyperlien vers la nouvelle : http://portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=26597&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Françoise Marceau, Conseillère pédagogique, Profweb [2008-4-28]

Pour connaître la suite des travaux...

Consultez le site Web des Répndants TIC du réseau collégial : Profil de sortie TIC pour l'ensemble des élèves du collégial, URL = http://site.reptic.qc.ca/index.php?id=24

Isabelle Laplante, Bibliothécaire, Centre de documentation collégiale [2006-10-17]

Projet profil TIC

Suite à notre rapport en 200.B0 (déc.2005), nous allons nous mettre à la table pour élaborer un profil TI appliqué aux sciences de la nature. Je ne manquerai pas de travailler avec vous sur cette question. Je suis en lien aussi avec Louis Mailhot de Joliette sur cette question...

David Descent, Conseiller pédagogique, Cégep régional de Lanaudière - Terrebonne [2005-10-14]

Matrice de compétences Biblio et TIC en Soins Inf.

Une matrice de compétences de maitrise de l'information et des technologies, spécifiquement pour soins infirmiers (niveau collège américain). URL = Information Literacy Matrix for College of Nursing[Format PDF]

Isabelle Laplante, Bibliothécaire, Centre de documentation collégiale et Cégep A-Laur [2005-8-30]

À la recherche de profil

J'ai besoin de vous pour continuer à enrichir le dossier. J'aimerais mettre en ligne tous les profils qui existent dans le réseau. Si vous avez développé un profil, faites-le-moi parvenir et je le mettrai en ligne avec diligence. Merci!

Bernard Bérubé, Conseiller TIC et APO, Collège Gérald-Godin [2005-6-03]

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