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The Computer Journal 1993 36(4):343-350; doi:10.1093/comjnl/36.4.343
© 1993 by British Computer Society
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Planning for IT Literacy in an Institution of Higher Education: A Case Study

C. Osborne *

Middlesex University, Educational Development Unit/School of Information Systems, Queensway, Enfield EN3 4SF, UK

Middlesex University has committed itself to develop ‘IT literacy’ in all its students by 1995, but the achievement of this goal is not without difficulties. In this paper an attempt is made to define IT literacy, which it is argued comprises more than just practical operational competence with basic computer equipment and softwares, but extends into informed attitudes, and is also divisible into the two categories of very basic (generic) skills and the particular skills necessary to be competent within a subject discipline. This raises issues of where IT literacy should be located in a student's work programme in order for it to be most effectively delivered and for it to have maximum relevance to the student. Different approaches tried at Middlesex are described. The paper concludes with a brief review of some of the implementational implications of introducing an IT literacy provision for all students.

Received February 1993.

* Middlesex University, Educational Development Unit/School of Information Systems, Queensway, Enfield EN3 4SF, UK


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