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Philangani Sibiya; Patrick Ngulube – Education for Information, 2024
Education curricula need constant updates in response to job market requirements, which may be influenced by the changing technological environment. In the library and information science (LIS) job market there are dynamics brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). These dynamics call for LIS schools to reconsider their curricula in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Curriculum Development
Helps, Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A major challenge for Information Technology (IT) programs is that the rapid pace of evolution of computing technology leads to frequent redesign of IT courses. The problem is exacerbated by several factors. Firstly, the changing technology is the subject matter of the discipline and is also frequently used to support instruction; secondly, this…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Information Technology, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Higher Education
Jurema, Ana Cristinia L. A.; Lima, Maria Edite Costa; Filho, Merval Jurema – 1996
The challenge facing educators today is not just to use computers at school but to use computer education and "Informatics" (information plus automatics, placing computer education in the broader context of information and technology) to mediate improved social and learning relations in schools. In order to introduce computers into…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Tell, Bjorn V. – 1984
In response to technological developments that are bringing about changes in the information field, this paper focuses on factors that should be considered in planning for curriculum changes in library education in the developing nations. The paper comprises information on: (1) the background of the study; (2) the importance of scientific journal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Databases, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
California Higher Education, 1982
Pepperdine University's long-range plan to assure that its liberal arts graduates are computer literate includes faculty training, microcomputer availability to faculty and students, faculty committees addressing long- and short-range curriculum needs, and course development for information technology literacy. Available from California Higher…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Planning, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development
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Beheshti, Jamshid – Education Libraries, 1995
Discusses the training of information professionals to use new technologies and provides two educational continua, depending on the knowledge base or level of competency, that may be used as guidelines for designing a new curriculum. Hardware and software continua are described based on an educational taxonomy in the cognitive domain. (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction
Davies, Denise M. – 1985
This study is designed to identify the computer competencies that should be required of library/information studies (LIS) graduates of the Graduate School of Library Studies (GSLS) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The long term objective of the study is to provide information for the policy and planning of GSLS. The study examines how certain…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Graduate Students
Saunders, W. L. – 1987
This paper identifies issues and potential conflicts in the harmonization of education and training programs for the three information professions, i.e., archives, information science, and librarianship, and notes that these professions have a common bond and purpose as carriers of information and providers of service to their user communities.…
Descriptors: Archives, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Stueart, Robert D. – Library Journal, 1981
The challenges to education for librarianship and information science are numerous and great: technology, research, expanding curricula to address problems of special constituencies, and recruiting committed individuals. Changes are occurring rapidly, and practitioners and educators must work together to ensure the challenges are met. Thirteen…
Descriptors: Change, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Information Needs
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Large, Andrew – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1993
Discusses the impact of advances in information technology on library school curriculum. Topics addressed include a history of information technology in library schools; the rate of technological change; education versus training; information studies versus computer science; future possibilities; and the relationship between practitioners and…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Curriculum Development, Futures (of Society), Graduate Study
Johnson, Ian M. – 1993
Conclusions drawn from brief visits to library schools in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Slovak Republic in 1992 and 1993 are presented. Visits were made to 10 schools, appropriate ministries, and major libraries and information centers. The visits were largely supported by the Trans European Mobility Programme for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Centers
McKenzie, Floretta Dukes – 1985
To assist educational leaders in understanding the implications of the transformation from an industrial to an information society, this paper cites selected societal changes. Among these are new information technologies that will give birth to new activities, processes, and products; and the existence of masses of data from which leaders must…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Estes, Nolan; Klier, Betje – 1985
Designed to provide information on how educational institutions and government agencies are implementing new information technologies (NITs), this report combines an in-depth case study of 25 U.S. educational institutions (school districts, colleges, and universities) with an international study of exemplary educational programs in nine countries.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Technology
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Hibler, Joe Anna, Ed.; Fry, Betty C., Ed. – Business Education Forum, 1985
Seventeen chapters provide business educators with information on various aspects of information processing (IP). It discusses the expanding directions of IP, including the present and the future, the job market, and the human dimensions; implications for various business education delivery systems; methods for integrating IP into various subject…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
de Mirander, Antonio L. Carvalho – 1987
This paper proposes minimum curricula and the foundations for future curriculum unification in teaching archeology, library science, and museology at the graduate level in Brazil, in view of current cultural and legal difficulties that hamper a radical and rapid transformation in implementing such a proposed curriculum. Background information…
Descriptors: Archives, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
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