This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Re: Announcements and list discussion (online learning readiness)

Hi,
We need to be careful in assumptions of digital literacy, I found University of Houston the better of the quizzes.

As a tech' academic and assessing e-submission students, my observations of Gen Y and Post PC gen' their IT skills are superficial.

My observations and findings the current first and second year students are:
• very effective internet browsers, however the majority do not how to use any
• poor understanding of MS Word functionality i.e. use of tabs, automatic paragraph spacing, *automatic heading and body of text styles, use headers and footers, word reference tool, embedding excel into [...]