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Peer reviewedMerchant, Ronald; Sullivan, Charlotte – Community College Review, 1983
Discusses the pervasiveness of computers in the world of work and the increasing need for students and teachers to be computer-literate. Describes Spokane Falls Community College's hands-on course, "Desktop Computers," designed to meet the needs of local business by teaching students to use computers and overcome computer phobia. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Course Descriptions, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedRea, Alan I., Jr.; Hoger, Beth; Rooney, Pam – Business Communication Quarterly, 1999
Advocates creating a business-communication course that combines writing instruction with computer instruction. Discusses contemporary students (their abilities, attitudes, and approaches to learning), pedagogy, course content, and institutional support systems. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Literacy, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Peer reviewedFitch, Nancy – Historical Methods, 1988
Discusses the problems of quantitative social history during the 1970s, stating that if properly taught, quantitative social history could and should play a central role in contemporary education by integrating science, business, and the humanities. Presents a syllabus for a course entitled "Work, Technology, and Society" and examines…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedForcheri, P.; Molfino, M. T. – Computers and Education, 1986
Analyzes a teacher training course taught for two subsequent years in Italy in which students investigate how computers can be used as tools to improve the learning process. The course topics examined, working method adopted, and results obtained are discussed, and suggestions are made for training present and future teachers. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Course Content
Teaching Historical Research Skills to Undergraduates: Thoughts on Microcomputers and the Classroom.
Peer reviewedGutmann, Myron P. – Historical Methods, 1988
Discusses how computers are used to teach historical research. Describes an honors course at University of Texas (Austin) taught by the author that presents the computer as a tool rather than an end in itself. (GEA)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Download full textMioduser, David; And Others – 1985
This paper discusses the concept of information literacy as the main framework within which the concept of computer literacy may be defined, describes in detail the design of a complete curriculum in information literacy intended for all students in elementary and junior high schools, and provides an example of this design with a specific learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Literacy, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 2000
Each year, the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education develops statements regarding business education. The following are among the commission's guidelines regarding planning the business education curriculum for the new century: (1) making business education an integral and equal partner within schools' educational communities…
Descriptors: Accounting, Articulation (Education), Business Administration, Business Communication
