Abstract:
The Content-Based Approach To Internet Literacy

This paper presents a model for incorporating "internet literacy" into

academic content courses at the university level. The model seeks to free the well-established content-based approach to second language learning from its language learning roots and transform it into an interdisciplinary approach to advance computer literacy in all fields.

The principle loom used to weave internet skills into the curriculum of any

course, political science, art history, philosophy etc., is the World Wide Web. The content-based approach to internet literacy uses a combination of step-by-step computing instructions and the learning of discrete computing applications in order to complete academic projects. This paper presents the theoretical model, discusses how to construct a course to achieve internet literacy, and provides examples of relevant task-based activities designed to move students toward mastery of the six essential internet skills identified in the paper.

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