ICT Profile History

In 2004 the IT REP Network created its first two ICT profiles for an experimental project initiated by what was then called the Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sports: one was for the Social Science program and the other one was for Accounting and Management Technology. Then, in 2005, the project was broadened to all college students. The development of the ICT Profile for College Students was carried out between 2006 and 2009 along with information, animation and promotion...

Integrating the ICT Profile in an Educational Institution

The integration of the ICT Profile for Students can hardly succeed without the will and commitment of the academic institution. In this regard, we see that more and more colleges introduce objectives linked with the ICT Profile for Students in major orientations such as the Student Success plan, in the ICT Development plan and even in the Strategic Plan. Such decisions encourage the implementation of actions and investments in resources associated with the development of skills linked with...

Why the ICT Profile?

The ICT Profile for Students proposes structured learning steps that are informational, methodological and technological. It makes it easier to make the right choices and take the right action for integrating ICT in the classroom, and it supports the successful integration of ICT in programs...

ICT Profile Glossary

This glossary is a reference and a learning tool. It supports the understanding of concepts encountered while reading and helps in learning the ICT Profile for College Students vocabulary. You will find these words throughout the pages of this site dedicated to the ICT Profile, particularly in the detailed documentation on skills. This glossary will grow with the addition of content.

Did you see a word in this site that should be added on the terminology of the ICT Profile? Use...

Status in Colleges

The first version of the ICT Profile for College Students was published in 2009. From then on, colleges adapted this framework by beginning different projects to integrate it. In January 2011, results from a survey done with college ICT respondents showed that approximatively 30 colleges had implemented the ICT Profile for Students in one or more programs, and that other colleges were starting the process. Six preuniversity programs and 25 technical programs had worked on implementing the...

Contributors

Acknowledgement

We believe that it is of the utmost importance to acknowledge the involvement and commitment of all the partners, organizations and people who have actively contributed to the implementation in Profweb of an area dedicated to the ICT Profile for College Students.

First we would like to thank the team from Profweb for its vision, openness, enthusiasm and dedication. By being part of a site such as Profweb, the ICT Profile stands in a prominent place....

Recommended Websites

We would like to suggest websites worthy of interest and which are linked with the ICT Profile. The organizations behind those sites offer resources, tools and services to colleges. The resources from these organizations were judged pertinent for the ICT Profile and were catalogued, filed per category and associated, as the case may be, with skills from the ICT Profile. To find out how to access them from this web space, see the “Structure and Contents of the ICT Profile Space”...

For Who Is the ICT Profile Web Space Intended?

The ICT Profile for Students web space was created mostly for teachers and students, but it is also useful for different contributors from the college network who can profit from a multitude of information and tools: general information on the ICT Profile, learning resources for students (and for us all!), testimonies and stories, pedagogical scenarios, Frequently Asked Questions, etc.

• Students find what they need to develop their ICT skills, but the many tutorials can also be...

Actors in the Process

A librarian or pedagogical technician (SMTE - Spécialiste en moyens et techniques d’enseignement), ICT counsellor and other actors working in each college may be asked to collaborate with teachers to participate in one or more steps towards the integration of the ICT Profile in a program. They can also be asked to support teachers individually in the integration of specific ICT skills in a course. But what is their role? Of course the answer can vary from one college to another, depending...

About the ICT Profile

What is the ICT Profile?

The ICT Profile for College Students is a framework that teachers and colleges can rely on to help their students develop the informational, methodological, and technological skills required.

Rare is the college curriculum that does not involve searching for, processing and presentating information. The ICT Profile sets out an approach that allows these skills to be acquired within a single course or an entire program.

The ICT Profile...