> ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:22:10 +0300 > From: Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ICT vs Computer Science > > I've had to ask myself what I wanted them to remember after a semester > worth of "computer skills" and i found myself drifting more towards ICT as > a whole. > > Great reflection!
Give them enough skill to know what to do when they get to a computer, to > know who to use the current powerful ICT tools. > > So go away from traditional send/receive email and teach email and online > collaboration. > Chat and IM needs to transform into Social & Professional Networking. > ICT stops to be all about computers and becomes what it should be - ALL and > EVERYTHING about INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION technologies. > > I suppose this approach would be far different if you were at CIC at MUK > and your class' primary goal was to become a computer scientist. > > BTW its *Mak* not MUK. You can have a look at their course pages below http://cit.mak.ac.ug/it-undergraduate-programmes/132 http://cit.mak.ac.ug/cs-undergraduate-programmes/129 > Its so hard, because people assume your computer skill to mean ICT > expertise, which i have found to be grossly misinterpreted. > > Brian > > Rgds, Mark. > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Albert A. Jogoo < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > There is so much lacking in the Ugandan education system.... Computer > > Science does not pay off as such. ICT would be more appropriete since 98% > > of ICT graduates are implementer s (Advanced users) and not NECESSARILY > > innovators. > > Unfortunately even those who have the ability to come up with new ideas > > are limited by the environment. > > - > > Albert A. Jogoo > > TheICTLabs | Fountain Facilities > > T:+256392966485 M: +256701966485 > > www.theictlabs.com, [email protected], [email protected] > -- God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.
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