More on Life-Long Learning

In an article entitled Teaching Life-Long Skills from Techlearning.com (July 6, 2007) Jacob Nielson, an expert on the usability of the Internet, suggests that students need Life-Long Computer Skills:

• Ability to evaluate online information
  
• Techniques for dealing with information overload


• Ability to write hyper-linked online text
  
• Ability to create presentations (and avoid bad habits!)


• Abiility to understand workplace ergonomics


• Ability to debug, the logical process of tracking down errors


• Usability basics, for making informed decisions on a product's ease of use