ICON (innovation curriculum online network): the national digital library for technological literacy

Author

Briggs, Quentin M.

Author_Institution

Eisenhower Nat. Clearinghouse, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

27-31 May 2003

Firstpage

386

Abstract

The International Technology Education (ITEA), in partnership with the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) and funded by the National Science Foundation has created a comprehensive digital library collection for K-12 technological literacy in an accessible virtual environment. ICON, or the innovation curriculum online network, is a central source for information dealing with technology and innovation. ICON serves as a national electronic roadmap to connect users, such as teachers, professors, students, museum staff, and parents with information about our human built and innovated world. Users may use the digital library to access resources ranked according to technological literacy content and pedagogy, interact with quality instructional resources, and to enhance online search capabilities relevant to the needs of the user population.

Keywords

Internet; computer literacy; digital libraries; information resources; internetworking; relevance feedback; user interfaces; ENC; Eisenhower National Clearinghouse; ICON; ITEA; International Technology Education; K-12 technological literacy; National Science Foundation; digital library collection; electronic infrastructure; electronic roadmap; innovation curriculum online network; instructional resource; national digital library; online search capability; user feedback; user interface; virtual environment; Abstracts; Acoustic materials; Availability; Educational technology; Government; Humans; Robustness; Software libraries; Technological innovation; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Libraries, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 Joint Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1939-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/JCDL.2003.1204902

Filename

1204902