Open AccessTRAINING INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS TO DEAL WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Author(s) -
Jamshid Beheshti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
education libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-8711
pISSN - 0148-1061
DOI - 10.26443/el.v19i2.82
Subject(s) - curriculum , computer science , knowledge base , software , knowledge management , task (project management) , comprehension , domain (mathematical analysis) , software engineering , engineering management , artificial intelligence , psychology , systems engineering , pedagogy , engineering , programming language , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Information professionals are increasingly required to perform technical duties dealing with new technologies. Training them to cope with the extended responsibilities has become a challenging task for the library and informationstudies programs. A systematic approach to conveying the IT (Information Technology) knowledge base to professionals has been suggested here based on a modified version of an educational taxonomy in the cognitive domain. Two continua are constructed dealing with hardware and software knowledge bases. The software continuum consists of three Levels: Application, Analysis/Synthesis and Evaluation/Creation. The hardware continuum is slightly different: Comprehension, Application and Synthesis/Evaluation. The depth of the knowledge base and competency level increases with each level. The continua may be used as guidelines to design a comprehensive curriculum in the IT area. The outcome of the continua may result in an IT curriculum with eight courses or modules, four of which should be required and four optional.