BeneFIT100: Developing Fluency with Information Technology through Distance Education

信息科学和系统(33)这个项目解决了获得教育机会的需要，使任何人都能熟练掌握信息技术，正如1999年国家研究委员会的报告“熟练掌握信息技术”所界定的那样，该报告界定了每个人都应具备的工作、公民身份和个人利益方面的技能、概念和能力。该项目正在创建BeneFIT100，这是一个面向独立学习者的免费在线自学版本，基于1999年在华盛顿大学首次开发的流利课程。开发具有很高的生产价值，该课程包括所有的实验和成功的课堂版本的项目。为了帮助那些自学能力还不够成熟的学生，我们还提供了一个由教师指导的BeneFIT100版本。我们通过使用BeneFIT100和专门的研讨会来培训全国选定的未来流利教师队伍，以满足对流利教师队伍的需求。因此，该项目创建了一种具有国际重要性的新的、独特的资源，并展示了将其用于教师培训。

Information Science and Systems (33)This project addresses the need for access to educational opportunities enabling anyone to become fluent in information technology as defined by the 1999 National Research Council's report "Being Fluent with Information Technology" which defined what Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities everyone should possess for work, citizenship and personal benefit. This project is creating BeneFIT100, a free, online self-study version for independent learners, based upon the fluency course first developed at the University of Washington in 1999. Developed with high production values, the course includes all the labs and projects of the successful classroom version. To reach students not sophisticated enough for a self-study approach, we also offer an instructor-mediated version of BeneFIT100. We address the need for a Fluency instructor corps by using BeneFIT100 and a specialized workshop to train a nationally selected cohort of future Fluency instructors. Thus, the project creates a new, unique resource of international importance, and demonstrates leveraging it for teacher training.