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General transferable skills: information technology

(Transcript of a section of the General transferable skills report, 1998)


Competence statement A student is able to:
  • make use of IT tools and develop that use by integrating it into their work
Basic level Able to:
  • make use of and become competent in use of basic IT packages (includes basic use of a standard wordprocessing package, library and other information retrieval systems)
  • make use of computer-assisted learning packages
  • to use e-mail for simple communication
  • to locate materials on the Internet from a given address
Advanced level Able to:
  • undertake certain more sophisticated IT tasks, for example:
    • complex Web searches
    • make use of databases and spreadsheets
    • transmit documents by e-mail and establish mailing lists
  • develop an IT strategy to carry out work
  • identify the relevant package to enable you to procure the work you want to do
Illustrations of activities At basic level:
  • research projects (information retrieval)
  • wordprocessed essays
  • able to use Iolis
  • communicating with tutors – arranging interviews/tutorials (e-mail)
  • accessing the Internet to get details of the course materials and work to be carried out
     
    At advanced level:
  • research projects: developing templates for questionnaires and/or interview schedules
  • research projects: template for thesis
  • SPSS for statistical analysis of research data
  • creating databases to hold information
  • spreadsheets
  • transfer documents, for examples, essays and work to be undertaken for tutorials to their tutor
  • extensive use of the Internet for research and course purposes
  • extensive use and knowledge of information retrieval systems
Illustrations of evidence
  • work produced by wordprocessor, found from websites
  • communication by e-mail
  • use of IT packages and computer-assisted learning
  • ability to plan work and develop an IT strategy to help them in their aims and objectives
  • ability to determine IT requirements for their study/practice
  • ability to assess what their needs are for a specific task and procure it

Last Modified: 15 July 2010