The aim of this study is to determine the basic information and communication technology (ICT) skills that may be needed by students studying in the 8 grade of the primary education in their cooperative project works implemented via the Internet. Within the scope of the study, the curriculum used for European Computer Driving License (ECDL) and the curriculum used in Turkey are also compared in...

The effects of ICT on school: teachers' and students' perspectives Liisa Ilomäki University of Turku Finland The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on school from teachers’ and students’ perspectives. The focus was on three main subject matters: on ICT use and competence, on teacher and school community, and on learning environ...

UNLABELLED Observations obtained through concurrent think-aloud and protocol analysis offer new understanding about the influence of social learning on student nurses' acquisition of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge and skills. The software used provides a permanent record of the underpinning study method, events and analyses. The emerging themes reflect the dimensions o...

Original scientific paper Computer literacy is essential in today's world. Particularly college and university graduates are expected to possess adequate knowledge and skills in using information and communication technologies (ICT). Starting from this premise, this paper presents the results of the research conducted in order to determine computer literacy levels among Croatian students. In th...

South African Universities are tasked with increasing student throughput by offering additional academic support. A second task is to teach students to challenge and question. One way of attempting to achieve these tasks is by using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The focus of this paper is to examine the effect of using an ICT tool to both increase academic support to students,...

The paper addresses the topic of third-part certification of ICT skills, with particular attention to three projects carried on in the Italian Universities to “bridge” University teaching with Industry needs. The first project concerns the adoption of ECDL as the way of assessing basic ICT skills owned by students entering the University. The second project proposes a new certification scheme, ...

This paper reports on an investigation of the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to aid in the teaching of students with learning disabilities. The term ‘learning difficulties’ is used in reference to a heterogeneous group of students who are seen to have significant difficulties in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills. Other terms sometimes used in this context...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a part of every human’s life. Proper usage of ICT devices helps for the growth of the society and in turn the country. Therefore it is in the hands of the group of people, the professionals, who are very intimate and lay a platform for such growth. This study is one of such kind with sample (n=160) consisting of professional students, i....