News: Technologically Illiterate Students - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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definition of technological literacy needs updating. In the 1990s, she explained, the U.S. Education Department defined it to mean the ability to operate a computer. These days, computers are so user-friendly that being capable of operating one does not say much about a person’s competence.
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a line between computer users who can handle only basic programs such as word processors and search engines, and those who understand the structures and concepts that underlie modern technology, and how to think critically within them
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less about who has hardware, but who has access to information; who has those problem-solving skills
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