At a school like Ball State, how often do problems in computer literacy impact the effectiveness of websites or online "stuff"? How about at two year colleges? Community colleges? Bigger campuses?
Throughout these readings I saw the authors worrying about student abilities to understand computers and computer applications. This seems especially true in Harris and Pemberton who have not one, but two sections on the phenomena (531, 537). While I appreciate their concern in the time frame they wrote in, is it still a problem today? If it exists, how can it be remedied? Or can it be remedied at all?
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And where can the student go for help if he/she is not as computer literate as needed for college courses? It seems like college freshmen are expected to arrive computer literate, but my experience reveals a wide range of skills, plus they have to get used to the BSU systems, including Blackboard. It seems like, at some colleges, the WC used to be a place where this type of computer help was available, but that's back in the old days. Do students still come to the BSU WC looking for help with software?
I have encountered a range of computer competency as well, but what struck me most about the assigned reading is the degree to which the emerging technologies described in these articles have become an unremarkable part of our lives. While not everyone has equal access or equal competency, most of my students seem to be more comfortable with emerging technology than I am. I get the impression that while thirty years ago educators were among the early adopters of computer technologies, students today are likely to find my clumsy attempts to employ emergent technology for educational purposes to be cute or awkward—but hardly progressive.
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