2014 Edition of the ICT Profile
for College Students:
A Cognitive Approach First!
Nicole Perreault, Réseau REPTIC
In collaboration with Huguette Dupont, Cégep de Granby
March 2014
Planning
1. Integrating the ICT Profile for Students:
students, teachers, program, best time for
integration
2. 2009 ICT Profile: integration in
colleges/programs, findings
3. 2014 ICT Profile: objectives, strengths,
resources, migration from the 2009 Profile to
the 2014 Profile
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.
1. Integrating the Profile
Relevance for Students
 Proposing steps to develop knowledge, knowhow 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
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
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
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
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
2. The 2009 ICT Profile
Summary
PROJECT EVALUATION
COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE ON THE INTERNET
MASTER THE WORK
ENVIRONNEMENT
SEARCH FOR
INFORMATION
PROCESS
INFORMATION
PRESENT
INFORMATION
2. The 2009 ICT Profile
Summary
SOFTWARE
APPROACH
the program sets a cognitive
and methodological
approach
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Present information (2009)
3.1
Create a document with a word processor.
3.2
Present data using a spreadsheet.
3.3
Make a computer-assisted presentation.
3.4
Publish on the Web.
3.5
Produce audio and visual material.
Consult the 2009 ICT Profile
Integrating the Profile
(2011 Survey)
2. The 2009 ICT Profile
 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
Integrating the Profile
(2011 Survey) – Observations
2. The 2009 ICT Profile
 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)
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
3. The 2014 ICT Profile
Summary
WORKING AS A NETWORK
SEARCH FOR
INFORMATION
Click on each skill to
find out more
(short videoclips)
PROCESS
PRESENT
INFORMATION
INFORMATION
USE ICTs IN AN EFFICIENT AND
RESPONSIBLE MANNER
3. The 2014 ICT Profile
2014 ICT Profile for Students
Includes:
Cognitive Skills
Methodological Skills
Objectives and tasks supported by the proficiency
Software Skills
3. The 2014 ICT Profile
Summary
Software
Skills
Cognitive
Skills
Methodological
Skills
3. The 2014 ICT Profile
Summary
COGNITIVE AND
METHODOLOGICAL
APPROACH
3
The program provides
software applications
Present information (2014)
3.1 Plan the information to be presented
3.2 Carry out the production
3.3 Highlight the production
3.4 Share the information
Consult the 2014 ICT Profile
(in validation)
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...
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...
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)
3. The 2014 ICT Profile
Strengths
 Simplified and flexible structure:
 Up to three levels of detail
Skill
Competency
Objective
Element of competency
Task
Performance criterion
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
3. The 2014 ICT Profile
Strengths
 A profile that remains up-to-date, regardless
of new technological innovations that will
emerge
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)
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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
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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
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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
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)