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Computer Literacy

What doEmployers Want?

Ken BaldaufFlorida State University


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Computer Literacy

and how canwe give it to them?



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Curriculum

Design

Tailoring the IntroTechnology Course toBetter Prepare

Students forProfessional Life


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Session Organization Technology Survey for Employers

IT Fluency Standards

Information Literacy Standards

Local Considerations

Curriculum Applications


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Pages act as links


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Motivation for Survey Knowing the level of competency

of your incoming students

provides a starting point, determining what will be expected

of them in their careers definesthe goals of the curriculum..

..and ultimately opens doors forstudents while better satisfyingemployers

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Survey Participant ProfilesNational Building SupplySupplies lumber and building materials as well asvalue added services to the house builder andprofessional contractor. There are 255 branches in30 US states.The US arm of a large Global Corp.

National Home BuildingA FORTUNE 200 company with operations in 54 marketsand 27 states. In 2005, the company delivered45,630 homes in the U.S. and generated

consolidated revenues of $14.7 billion.

Global Paintand Coatingshas more than 2,600 company-owned stores in 50 states,Canada, Mexico and is the U.S. market leader indistribution and sales of coatings and coating-relatedproducts with yearly revenues exceeding $5 billion andis ranked among the top U.S. Fortune 400 companies

Global Healthcare IT Solutionsfocused on developing healthcare information technology(HIT) solutions. Our 870 clinicians, 1,360 engineers and2,100 consultants have deployed more than 4,300applications to clients across the globe

Global Communications ITan international communications and informationtechnology company serving government and commercialmarkets in more than 150 countries - annual sales of over$3 billion and has more than 13,000 employees including5,500 engineers and scientists

Local CPA Firma full range of traditional accounting, auditing and taxservices complemented by comprehensive consultingresources

Real names

withheld

for privacy


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Results How prepared

do you feel

today's college

graduates arefor facing the

technology

demands of

working foryour company?


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Skills Relevance

EssentialUsefulUnneeded

Relevance to average employees duties

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Conclusions

Windows, Web, Email & MS Office skills

remain desirable to all Web development skills are highly valued

by some, not at all by others

Participants have little use for Apple skills


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Concepts Relevance


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Conclusions

Four of the six participants found the

understanding of these concepts to beuseful if not essential

Of those four, Global/Ethical Issues,Security, Internet, and Information

Systems were of most importance Participants found media to be least

relevant (relates to Mac indifference)


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Freeform Response

What computer and/or informationtechnology skills do you value most when

evaluating job applicants?Microsoft Office is a must.

Experience with and knowledge of MicroSoft PC tools,

particularly MSWord, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Basic windows skills, Word, Excel, etc.


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Freeform Response

What important computer and/orinformation technology skills do you feel

are lacking in today's college graduates?

Many people are not familiar with the basics of excel.

They don't know pivot tables, sorting, filtering, etc.That is something that anyone in any role of ourcompany will use.

None. Most grads I've seen are computer literate.


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Freeform Response

How important are mobile technologies(cell phones, Blackberries, mobile PCs)

in your company's business practices?extremely important

These are becoming more important with us. Each of our sales repsuses a Treo and needs to be able to use this decive effectively on adaily basis.

We have started to use these technologies, so if students know

them, it would be an added bonus.

Mobile phones and mobile PCs are veryimportant as many of our employees travelfrequently.


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What do businesses want?

The majority of businesses want...

strong MS Office skills including Outlook

an understanding of technology conceptsincluding information systems

familiarity with mobile communications andcomputing technologies


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IT Fluency

Considering Advice fromProfessionals:

Computer Scientists


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IT Fluency

Report: Being Fluent withInformation Technology - 1999

National Research Council,Committee on InformationTechnology Literacy


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IT Fluency

ComputerLiteracy

rote learning ofspecific hardwareand softwareapplications

IT Fluencyunderstanding the

underlying conceptsof technology and

applying problem-

solving and critical

thinking to usingtechnology

Literacy is too modest a goal in the

presence of rapid change, because itlacks the necessary "staying power.

As the technology changes by leaps

and bounds, existing skills become

antiquated and there is no migration

path to new skills.


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Information Literacy CompetencyStandards for Higher Education

Considering Advice fromProfessionals:

Librarians(Information Science)


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Published by:Association of College and Research

Libraries (ACRL) in 2000


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Endorsed by: American Association for Higher Education

Council of Independent Colleges

Accrediting Agencies The Middle States Commission on Higher Education

(MSCHE)

Western Association of Schools and College (WASC)

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

One of 11 Initiatives in FSUs LEAD PlanLeaders Educated to Make A Difference, orLEAD, is part of Florida State University's overall Quality Enhancement Plan. While it is arequirement of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) reaffirmation process, LEAD will be a sustained and ongoinginitiative that will result in a better student experience and, ultimately, a better university.


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The information literate student1. determines the nature and extent of the information

needed

2. accesses needed information effectively and efficiently3. evaluates information and its sources critically and

incorporates selected information into his or herknowledge base and value system

4. individually or as a member of a group, uses information

effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.5. understands many of the economic, legal, and social

issues surrounding the use of information and accessesand uses information ethically and legally.


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Information literacy is related toinformation technology skills, but hasbroader implications for the individual, theeducational system, and for society.

IT Fluency focuseson Technology itself

Information Literacy is anintellectual framework for

understanding, finding, evaluating,and using information


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Local Considerations

Knowing Your Students &Institutional Needs


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Know Your Students

FSU Students Technology Survey

http://lit.cs.fsu.edu/survey/results

Most incoming Freshmen have hadprevious training in Windows, Web,Word, and PowerPoint

Information Technology Fluency levels ingraduating high school students willcontinue to increase


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Know Your Institution

What discipline-specific tech courses are beingtaught?

What degrees are represented by students

taking your course?

What skills are required of those degreeprograms?

What are your Computer Literacy accreditationrequirements?

Are there other special needs such as boostingenrollment?


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Developing a Local Profile

Includes:

assumptions about incoming student

competency levels and capabilities

statements of fact regardingInstitutional needs

opinions of experienced teachers


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Curriculum Applications

Applying what weve learned


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A Recipe for Success

Business Needs IT Fluency

Local ProfileInformation

Literacy

Intro CourseCurriculum


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[email protected]

http://lit.cs.fsu.eduhttp://www.kenbaldauf.com

Try Kens 10-minute Tutors with your students!

Excel: http://lit.cs.fsu.edu/assignments/a2.html Access: http://lit.cs.fsu.edu/assignments/a3.html

PPT: http://lit.cs.fsu.edu/assignments/a4.html

Presentations,Survey Results,Assignments,

and More!

Thanks for your time.

Sources

Being Fluent with Information TechnologyReporthttp://books.nap.edu/html/beingfluent/

Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Educationhttp://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm

FSUs LEAD Planhttp://lead.plan.fsu.edu/index2.html

ISTE NETS http://cnets.iste.org/index.shtml

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