- Author:
- J. Scott Hilberg,
- Adviser:
- Lewis L. Atkinson
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become indispensable in the daily lives of many. There is growing concern that despite having grown up with computers and the Internet, today's college students may lack the preparation required to effectively use ICT in the 21 st century. The purpose of this study was to assess the ICT fluency of undergraduate general education students and to describe their ICT fluency when disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity, class year, major and ICT educational experience. Participants in the study were 198 undergraduate students enrolled in one of seven computer and information science (CIS) general education courses. The assessment instrument used was Educational Testing Services' (ETS) ICT Literacy Assessment. A survey instrument, ICT Fluency Questionnaire was also developed. Results of the study have implications in ICT education, assessment and curriculum development.
Index Terms
- Fluency with information and communication technology: assessing undergraduate students
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