2014 Edition of the ICT Profile for College Students: A C ognitive Approach First !

1. 2014 Edition of the ICT Profile for College Students: A Cognitive Approach First! March 2014 Nicole Perreault, Réseau REPTIC In collaboration withHuguette Dupont, Cégep de Granby

2. Planning • Integrating the ICT Profile for Students: students, teachers, program, best time for integration • 2009 ICT Profile: integration in colleges/programs, findings • 2014 ICT Profile: objectives, strengths, resources, migration from the 2009 Profile to the 2014 Profile

3. 1. Integrating the Profile Relevance for Students • Prepares students for the labour market, university and for a digital society • Information and technological skills required for: • All technical or career programs: biological, physical, social, business, arts areas • All pre-university programs: Social Sciences, Sciences, Arts, Literature and Communications, etc.

4. 1. Integrating the Profile Relevance for Students • Proposing steps to develop knowledge, know-how and soft skills: • Define a research topic, choose appropriate search tools, conduct efficient research, evaluate the relevance and reliability of sources • Analyze search results and synthesize information • Present results clearly and cite sources properly • Understand ethical and legal issues • Upgrade basic computer knowledge

5. 1. Integrating the Profile Teachers’ Observations • Teachers recognize that they are already integrating activities that help to develop the skills found in the Profile! • Examples (stories from Profweb): • Doing research • Creating a concept map • Working in teams

6. 1. Integrating of the Profile Teachers’ Observations • The ICT Profile offers a structured approach that facilitates the options and actions to take • A giant step in terms of the pedagogical integration of ICT • Accessing the educational potential of ICT integration

7. 1. Integrating the Profile Program Observations • Gateway (Trojan Horse) to encourage successful integration of ICT in programs: • Consultation around a framework • Implementation of educational and organizational conditions • Teacher retraining, pedagogical activities, evaluation • Equipment

8. 1. Integrating the Profile When to Integrate the Profile • Implementation of a new program • Review and/or evaluation of an existing program • Needs expressed by either teachers or the program

9. 2. The 2009 ICT Profile Summary • Project EVALUATION • COMMUNIcate and COLLABORATE on the INTERNET

10. 2. The 2009 ICT Profile Summary • the program sets a cognitive and methodological approach SOFTWARE APPROACH Consult the 2009 ICT Profile

11. 2. The 2009 ICT Profile Integrating the Profile(2011 Survey) • Number of colleges where the integration of the Profile “was completed or about to start”: 20 • Number of programs affected: 31 • Pre-university programs: 6 • Career programs: 25

12. 2. The 2009 ICT Profile Integrating the Profile (2011 Survey) – Observations • The Profile is not suited for “all programs” • Questioning of the relevance of certain skills • Some statements do not belong in a particular skill • The wording describing the skills is directed too much at the content of the software and not enough on the cognitive and methodological skills • Does not take into account tech developments (tablets)

13. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Objectives An ICT Profile for students… • All programs that put forward a cognitive and methodological approach (knowledge, skills, soft skills) • Options within the programs using software applications in order to master a skill • More flexible and simplified structure • Long-term, independent of technological change

14. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Summary • WORKING AS A NETWORK • SEARCH FOR INFORMATION • PROCESS • INFORMATION • PRESENT • INFORMATION • USE ICTs IN AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER Click on each skill to find out more (short videoclips)

15. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile 2014 ICT Profile for Students Includes: Cognitive Skills Methodological Skills Objectives and tasks supported by the proficiency Software Skills

16. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Summary 2009 Software Skills 2014 Cognitive Skills Methodological Skills

17. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Summary COGNITIVE AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH • The program provides software applications Consult the 2014 ICT Profile(in validation)

18. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile SKILL 2 Process Information OBJECTIVE 2.3 Structure the Information involves involves Task 2.3.2 Choose the type and appropriate tools of representation can be in the form of Table Graph Concept plan Plan Other... with(as required) Spreadsheet Word processing Concept map Other...

19. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile SKILL 3 Present Information OBJECTIVE 3.2 Carry out the Production involves involves Task 3.2.2 Integrate the content elements into the production can be in the form of Text Table Sound Animation Clipart Other... Included in Word processing Slide show Video Blog Other...

20. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Strengths • Cross-cutting all programs, all types of clientele (adapted service), inter level • Software skills: support in mastering cognitive and methodological skills • Flexibility when choosing software applications and digital environments used for mastering a skill (program flexibility)

21. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Strengths • Simplified and flexible structure: • Up to three levels of detail Skill Objective ≈ Task Competency ≈ Element of competency ≈ Performance criterion

22. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Strengths • Simplified and flexible structure (cont’d): • Possibility of distributing the mastery of the objectives of a given skill in more than one course • Easier to integrate in the competencies of course plans

23. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Strengths • A profile that remains up-to-date, regardless of new technological innovations that will emerge

24. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Resources • Integrating the Profile • ICT Profile Integration Guide (in both languages) • Grids (bilingual) • Analysis of the situation: inventory of current ICT activities in the program • Elaboration: grid matching skills/courses, sequence of achievement of skills • ICT Profile database (June 2014)

25. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Resources • Implementing the Profile (in both languages) • For teachers: scenarios, learning and development activities, testimonials, etc. (work in progress) • For students: training videoclips, formative evaluation of attainment of skills • For all: links to free software, applications for tablets, tutorials

26. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Resources • profiltic.qc.ca (in both languages) • Resources for teachers and students (see previous slide) • Demonstrations of the Profile: for teachers, pedagogical counsellors (non-ICT), librarians, management • Animation tools • FAQ

27. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Transitioning from the 2009 to the 2014 Profile No “need” to switch from 2009 to 2014 version • 2009 Profile: • Contains most of the 2014 Profile • 2014 Profile: • Presented differently • More user-friendly, less intimidating

28. 3. The 2014 ICT Profile Transitioning from the 2009 to the 2014 Profile Switching from the 2009 to 2014 version: • Revision, evaluation of program • Transposing the current grid of skills/courses • Readjustment of the flowchart of the program’s competencies • Database: framework skills(example)