Digital Literacy: Teaching a New IC3 Global Standard

What is IC3?A global certification standard and exams to educate and evaluate Internet and computing/communication technology literacy (ICTL)

> Available in 13 languages and 50+ countries

> The basis of K-12 and higher education Digital Literacy/Technology Literacy programs

> Based on standards created by the Global Digital Literacy Council (GDLC)

> Developed as a partnership between Certiport, Inc. and First Advantage

Certiport

> The global leader in performance-based certification programs

> Managers of Microsoft’s Office certification program (MCAS), as well as programs from Adobe and other companies/organizations

First Advantage

> Formerly SkillCheck, Inc.

> Specialists in performance-based assessment (including CourseAssess)

Jon Haber

> Senior Vice President, First Advantage Assessment Solutions (formerly SkillCheck, Inc.)

> Co-Author of The National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S): Resources for Assessment, published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

What is ICTL?

> Computer Literacy (1980s)

> Internet Literacy (library field)

> Digital Literacy (Paul Gilster, 1997)

> Fluency with Information Technology or FiTness (National Research Council, 1999)

• Current (or “contemporary”) computer skills

• Foundational concepts

• Cognitive and problem-solving abilities

> OECD PISA Study, e-skills (UK), MEXT (Japan), US state and international standards

> Global informal consensus regarding what defines ICTL

Defining ICTL – The IC3 Standard

> Literature review

> Development of examination blueprints by subject-matter experts (SMEs) under the direction of a psychometrician specializing in IT certification exam development

> Review of blueprint by Global Digital Literacy Council

> Updated blueprints reviewed/content validated by hundreds of subject-matter experts

> Content validation exam blueprints used as the basis for:

• Exam development

• Curriculum – Provided to publishers (including Course)

Measuring ICTL

Linear Assessment Performance-Based Assessment Hands-On Assessment

Multiple-choice tests Interactive simulation Portfolios

Surveys Concurrent (Live Application0 Observation

Scalability

Complexity

Measuring ICTL – IC3 Exams

> Created using test-development principles used in the certification and educational testing/licensure fields

> Must pass three examinations (Computing Fundamentals, Key Applications, Living Online)

> 3-4 domains/45 questions for each 45 minute exam

> Performance based items (measuring skills) and linear items (measuring knowledge) in each exam

> Automatically scored

> Criterion Validated

> Translated into multiple languages

Measuring Skills – Performance-Based Test Items

Measuring Knowledge – Linear Test Items

Measuring Success

IC3 Global Standard 3 (GS3)

> Third generation of IC3 standard and exam development

> Maintaining three-exam structure and use of performance-based content (high reliability)

> Changes to assumptions about the “average user”

• Fewer limitation/more choices

• More of us are now constantly connected

•Social networking/Web 2.0 - Moving from locating and evaluating to creating online content

• “We are all just content providers now.”

GS3 - New Areas of Study

> Electronic Mail Electronic Communication

• E-mail

• Instant messaging/text messaging

• Blogs and social network sites

• Online audio and video

> Understanding how content is created, located and evaluated

• User as information producer and informed consumer

> Web 2.0 concepts woven through all three IC3 modules

Your Course: The Challenges

• Students enter the course with varying levels of computer expertise

• Students have different learning styles

• Many students have not yet developed effective college-level learning skills

• Many students don’t like to read

• For some students English is a second language

The Bar

Regardless of the diverse “input,” at the end of the course all students are expected to pass over a “bar” labeled “What every college educated person should know about computers.”

Practical Computer Literacy 2nd Edition:Internet and Computing Core Certification

Instructional Material: Four Criteria

1. Dedicated to the exam and under a single cover

2. Cover 100% of the IC3 Exam Objectives

3. Provide hands-on learning for 100% of the performance-based Objectives

4. Meet additional criteria, such as branding

IC3 Module 1: Computing FundamentalsDomain 1.0: Computer Hardware,

Peripherals, and Troubleshooting

Domain 2.0: Computer Software

Domain 3.0: Using an Operating System

Chapter 1: Computer Hardware

Chapter 2: Peripheral Devices

Chapter 3: System and Application Software

Chapter 4: Installing Software

Chapter 5: Getting Started with Windows XP

Chapter 6: Getting Started with Windows Vista

Chapter 7: Working with Files

Practical Literacy:Section I

IC3 Module 2: Key Applications

Domain 1.0 : Common Program Functions

Domain 2.0: Word Processing Functions

Domain 3.0: Spreadsheet Functions

Domain 4.0: Communication and Presentation Software

Chapter 8: Getting Started with Application Software

Chapter 9: Creating a Document

Chapter 10: Formatting a Document

Chapter 11: Finalizing a Document

Chapter 12: Creating a Worksheet

Chapter 13: Formatting a Worksheet

Chapter 14: Finalizing a Worksheet

Chapter 15: Creating a Presentation

Chapter 16: Finalizing a Presentation

Chapter 17: Creating a Database

Chapter 18: Finalizing a Database

Practical Literacy Section II

IC3 Module 3: Living Online

Domain 1.0 : Communications Networks and the Internet

Domain 2.0: Electronic Communications and Collaboration

Domain 3.0: Using the Internet and the World Wide Web

Domain 4.0: The Impact of Computing and the Internet on Society

Chapter 19: Networks

Chapter 20: Working with E-mail

Chapter 21: Browsing the Web

Chapter 22: Computer Risks and Benefits

 

Practical Literacy Section III

PLIT Pedagogy

•FAQs•Short paragraphs•Screenshot with callouts

•Steps described in callouts

•Bullet points for options and hints

See It!See It!

•Interactive PlayIt!•Students step through a procedure

•Simulated•Bullets can be used interactively

•Cover IC3 performance-based objectives

Try It!Try It!

•Chapter 23•50 Projects•Starter files included with the BookOnCD

•Reinforce IC3 objectives•Use FAQs as handy reference

Apply It!Apply It!

The Challenges The Solution

Varying levels of computer expertise

Flexible learning tool

Different learning styles Reading, listening, hands-on, exploratory

Learning skills Built-in assessment

Don’t like to read; English is a second language

Approachable layout

Need to assess proficiency

IC3 Certification

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