eSkills IT fitness test 2012 in Slovakia

Author

Kubincova, Zuzana ; Homola, Martin ; Kubinec, P. ; Varga, M. ; Hrusecka, A. ; Blaho, A. ; Jakab, Frantisek ; Brestenska, B.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Math., Phys. & Inf., Comenius Univ., Bratislava, Slovakia

fYear

2012

fDate

8-9 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

228

Abstract

The eSkills IT Fitness test was conducted again in Slovakia after two years. We picked out the data from 34,775 respondents, analyzed them and compared the results with our last testing findings. We focused on young generation aged 15-24 and tracked the IT skills development in students mainly at primary and secondary schools. We also compared the results of the students of different types of secondary schools. Some of the positive findings showed an improvement in this area, e.g. on secondary grammar schools or secondary vocational schools. There were also some less encouraging findings, which lead to reflection about the efficiency of ongoing educational reform, proper curricula and IT skills of teachers on certain types of schools.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational institutions; IT skills development; Slovakia; eSkills IT fitness test 2012; educational reform; primary schools; secondary grammar schools; secondary vocational schools; Educational institutions; Europe; Grammar; Internet; Software; Standards; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging eLearning Technologies & Applications (ICETA), 2012 IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stara Lesna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5120-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETA.2012.6418331

Filename

6418331