This curriculum was developed for Job Corps Centers to introduce the principles of information technology. The goal was to make it flexible but comprehensive, and a variety of teaching strategies related to real-life situations in different types of businesses that students might face in a work environment were incorporated. Each module consists…

Review of Dutch educational developments in information technology and related policy highlights present practice with computers in general and lower vocational education, middle vocational education, higher professional education, universities, and teacher training. An advisory committee, Centre for Education and Information Technology, and a…

An experiment explored the amount of time required to add computer literacy to preservice teachers' skills and whether skills could be taught without a computer literacy course. Students in an industrial education methods course acquired many needed skills when a computer became an adjunct to the course. (PP)

Explores policy matters related to computer education in England and compares solutions with different solutions evolved in other European countries. General areas addressed include computers in elementary/secondary schools, post-secondary vocational education computing schemes, and problems of resourcing (focusing on equipment needs and…

This report details the Hawaii State Department of Education's plan for the use of computers and computer-related technologies in instruction and instructional support. Four areas of implementation are identified: (1) computer literacy, which includes exploratory computer literacy, computer science, and vocational-technical education; (2)…

Describes two computer literacy programs funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, one using microcomputers to introduce computers to mathematics, science, and vocational education teachers in Mississippi, and the other using a statewide microcomputer network to train West Virginia vocational education students in word processing, spread…

The links between high technology industry and educational institutions in California's Santa Clara Valley were explored. Higher education is responsive to the personnel needs of the industry, but public schools, starved for funds and beset by conflicting demands, are least responsive to economic trends in the area. (TE)

This report on information processing studies in Japan focuses on the installation and utilization of microcomputers at various educational levels, subject areas, and types of schools. Types of use explored include computer assisted instruction, computer managed instruction, and computer education. A brief description of the Japanese educational…

The theme of this computer education conference was "Technology across the Curriculum." These proceedings include papers on the application of educational technologies in school administration, business education, computer science education, mathematics, science, social studies, English and language arts, elementary education, gifted and…

The l50 papers and 28 panel discussion reports in this collection focus on innovations, trends, and research in the use of computers in a variety of educational settings. Topics discussed include: computer centers and laboratories; use of computer at various levels from K-12 through the university, including inservice teacher training; use of…

Traditionally, the fundamental goal of all American education has been to provide students with adequate competencies in reading, writing, and mathematics. A year-long project, conducted at three high schools in Hardin County, Kentucky, provided for the development of a fourth basic: computer skills. Through this project, computer skills were…

The purpose of this handbook is to help vocational education teachers improve the computer skills of their students. The handbook is divided into major sections that describe the concept, provide suggestions for development of the concept, and include a sampling of the variety of application-oriented activities appropriate to vocational education.…

The Star Team Acquiring Rewards in Literacy and Insights Through Education (STARLITE) program was implemented to improve the job proficiency of employees at the Pacific Star Hotel, Guam. Its goal was to provide employees with both workplace literacy skills and employability skills. An audit was completed in each department of the hotel. Modules…

Research to develop a fifth generation of computers is underway in several countries. These computers, which will be distinguished by the ability to provide knowledge information processing and respond to natural language commands, will have a profound impact on the labor market and hence on further education. Rather than being a separate…

These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…