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Hallmark Guides - Technology Fluency

Anna Van Wie

Director, Learning Outcomes Assessment

School of Undergraduate Studies

Published: May-June 2011

Category: » Online-pedagogy » Teaching-strategies

Definition

Graduates will be able to use and explain technology to assist in communication, information management, and analysis of data and information.

Graduates will be able to:

1. Identify the basic parts and functions of computers, information systems, networks, and the relationships between data and information in the computer environment.
2. Analyze issues faced by information system professionals, including security, ethical, and privacy problems.
3. Explain the issues in managing information systems.
4. Effectively use the Internet to find, evaluate and present information.
5. Create simple word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases and presentations.

Sample Assignment

Excerpt from HIST 309

In keeping with the above definitions and program outcomes, this assignment assesses your ability to find, evaluate the integrity of, and use graphic material to enrich your final research paper as described in the HIST 309 Syllabus. Your task is to locate media that is pertinent to your topic, determine if it advances your argument, then display what you found in a webpage you create.

Assignment Description and Student Instructions

The basic guidelines for this assignment fall back on the first two modules of HIST309.

• The instructions in Module Two set the parameters for testing the viability of Internet resources and documents.
• Instructions for posting a webpage can be found at: http://www.umuc.edu/suppserv/it/hosts/web_page.html
• We also will discuss these parameters further in the Tech/IL Conference.

Excerpt from WRTG 394

Instructions: Present the topic of your class project and your preliminary research in a planning proposal. Please use a memo, business letter, or report format for your proposal.

• Include at least one graphic, a project schedule, in your document. You may choose to include additional graphics in your proposal as well. Chapter 13 of Markel, "Creating Graphics," provides information on this task. Specifically, pages 296-297 give advice on integrating graphics into text.

Resources/Links

• The National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board organized a Committee on Information Technology Literacy: http://stills.nap.edu/html/beingfluent/
• This site from NCSU provides a compilation of resources on technology fluency: http://itd.ncsu.edu/fluency/outside-resources.php

Have Questions?

For more information on the Technology Fluency Hallmark, contact David Johnson, SUS, at djohnson@umuc.edu