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Sellen, Mary – Journal of General Education, 2002
Addresses the issue of information literacy as it applies to general education, arguing that information literacy will be an integral part of culture and a cultural change agent in the 21st century. Suggests the incorporation of the visual and aural into the idea of text changes the static nature of texts, leading to the need for multimedia…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Computers, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
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Tunison, Scott – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 2002
Considers the extent to which schools need to address computer technology, and discusses which strategies can be employed to maximize the benefits and minimize the difficulties in integrating computer technology into the current educational framework. Advocates incorporation of computer technology into educational practices. (Contains 17…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Dodge, Lucy – 2001
This article outlines the development of basic computer literacy skills courses under the auspices of the Title III Grant awarded to San Jose City College (SJCC) of San Jose, California by the United States Department of Education (Grant no. PO31A980093, Strengthening Institutions, 1998-2003). The grant has been in effect for 3 years, and grant…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Tiu, Fernanda S.; Guglielmi, Josephine P.; Walton, W. Garrett, Jr. – 2002
This paper argues that the rapid increase in the use of technology in education has changed nearly every facet of the teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students. Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, launched a technology initiative in 1999 that was designed to expand the use of technology as a communication and research…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Wilson, Cynthia, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 2000
This is volume 13 of Leadership Abstracts, a newsletter published by the League for Innovation (California). Issue number 1 of February 2000, "Community Colleges Bridging the Digital Divide," addresses the racial and economic issues inherent in the digital divide--the discrepancy between those who are technologically literate and those who…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Alternative Assessment, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., Carrboro, NC. – 2001
This paper reports on the development of the Community Computer Center (CCC) at Hibbing Community College (HCC) in Minnesota. HCC is located in the largest U.S. iron mining area in the United States. Closures of steel-producing plants are affecting the Hibbing area. Outmigration, particularly of younger workers and their families, has been…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Education, College Curriculum, College Instruction