Dear LM_NET Colleagues,
I have been skimming through the Educational Testing Service documents
related to ICT Literacy testing program, and wonder if K-12 Information
Literacy models should be reviewed in order that they are aligned with the
approach taken by ETS? See: http://www.ets.org/ictliteracy/whatisict.html
Several states, including my own California, have partnered with ETS in
the development of this testing program. Several other states and private
universities, including Kentucky, Alabama, Texas and Washington are also
involved.
"ETS defines ICT literacy proficiency as the ability to use digital
technology, communication tools and/or networks appropriately to solve
information problems in order to function in an information society. This
includes the ability to use technology as a tool to research, organize,
evaluate, and communicate information, and the possession of a fundamental
understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use
of information."
"To simulate real-life situations in which a person might need to use ICT
skills, the assessment tasks will use innovative measurement
techniquessuch as simulations and virtual worldsthat are
technology-delivered, scenario-based, and interactive in nature. The
assessment will be delivered via the Internet, and the process of creating
a secure delivery architecture is underway."
The ETS ITC "domains" to be tested are shown as follows:
Access - knowing about and knowing how to collect and/or retrieve
information.
Manage - applying an existing organizational or classification scheme.
Integrate - interpreting and representing information. It involves
summarizing, comparing and contrasting.
Evaluate - making judgments about the quality, relevance, usefulness, or
efficiency of information.
Create - generating information by adapting, applying, designing,
inventing, or authoring information.
I am wondering if many others have looked at what ETS is doing, and how
they think it will affect K-12 school and library programs.
Peter Milbury, LM_NET Co-Moderator pmilbury@iis.syr.edu
School Librarian/CA TeleMentor, Chico HS, Chico, CA
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