ICT didactics: The new study discipline is needed

The educational technology is used at all levels of education. In the USA educational technology studies are already established. In German speaking countries the term “didactics of informatics” is used to cover ICT topics. Other countries rather use “didactics of computer science” to describe the special didactics discipline. It is evident that teachers of informatics or teachers of computer science require different study courses than other teachers despite the fact that all teachers require ICT knowledge. We have analyzed different approaches to the increased demand of required teachers´ ICT knowledge. Results reveal the conclusion that ICT in education should become a new discipline since it cannot be covered with the traditional special didactics disciplines any more. Habilitation committee at the University of Maribor agreed that didactics of ICT should become a special didactics discipline and should be an integral part of LLL (Life-long learning). At the Faculty of Arts in The Department of Pedagogy a Center for Information, Communication and Interactive Technologies (CICIT) was established to formally recognize the importance of the discipline. CICIT is to prepare courses for didactics of ICT. The article shows the results of comparative study for the new discipline and the proposed objectives, scope and constraints of ICT didactics discipline.