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ISSN: 1690-4524
Indexed in EBSCO

Editorial Advisory Board's Chair
William Lesso

Editor-in-Chief
Nagib C. Callaos

Sponsored by:
International Institute of Informatics and Systemics
Published by:
 International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics

 

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Current Issue:
(Volume 8 - Number 4 - Year 2010)


On-line Professional Learning Communities: Increasing Teacher Learning and Productivity in Isolated Rural Communities
Dora Salazar, Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz, Kelly Fox, Lisa Nuanez-Lucas
(pages: 1-7)

Empowering Learners to Choose the Difficulty Level of Problems Based on Their Learning Needs
Janet Mannheimer Zydney, Lori Diehl, Amy Grincewicz, Paul Jones, Ted S. Hasselbring
(pages: 8-13)

Content Aware Burst Assembly – Supporting Telesurgery and Telemedicine in Optical Burst Switching Networks
Henry Orosco, Lei Wang, Yuhua Chen
(pages: 14-22)

Solving Two –Dimensional Diffusion Equations with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions by a Special Class of Padé Approximants
Mohammad Siddique
(pages: 23-29)

Integral Design workshops: organization, structure and testing
Wim Zeiler, Perica Savanovic
(pages: 30-41)

Phase Retrieval Algorithm for Form Testing Metrology in Production Environment
Stephan Stuerwald, Robert Schmitt
(pages: 42-47)

Development of Safe Taiwan Information System (SATIS) for Typhoon Early Warning in Taiwan
Wen-Ray Su, Pai-Hui Hsu, Shang-Yu Wu, Feng-Tyan Lin, Hsueh-Cheng Chou
(pages: 48-52)

The Simulation and Animation of Virtual Humans to Better Understand Ergonomic Conditions at Manual Workplaces
Jürgen Rossmann, Christian Schlette
(pages: 53-58)

Towards Optimal Transport Networks
Erik P. Vargo, Rex K. Kincaid, Natalia Alexandrov
(pages: 59-64)

Vision System for Relative Motion Estimation from Optical Flow
Sergey M. Sokolov, Andrey A. Boguslavsky, Felix A. Kuftin
(pages: 65-70)

Education and Project Management: The Introduction to IS course
Dennis Bialaszewski, Marsha Bialaszewski
(pages: 71-75)

Toll Roads Distribution in The United States
Qing Zhu, Fengxiang Qiao, Lei Yu
(pages: 76-79)
 

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ABSTRACT


Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy: Integration and Assessment in Higher Education

Irvin R. Katz, Alexius Smith Macklin


Despite coming of age with the Internet and other technology, many college students lack the information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills—--locating, evaluating, and communicating information—--necessary to navigate and use the overabundance of information available today. This paper presents a study of the validity of a simulations-based assessment of ICT literacy skills. Our overall goals for the assessment are to support ICT literacy instructional initiatives at colleges and universities.



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