BeneFIT Online Course Launched

[Mike Eisenberg <mbe@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>]

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This was developed by colleagues at the University of Washington.  I =
think you will find it valuable for yourselves, other teachers, and even =
high school students.
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Mike
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:38:08 -0800
From: Larry Snyder <snyder@cs.washington.edu>
To: all-faculty <all-faculty@cs.washington.edu>, =
cs-all-grads@cs.washington.edu,
     cs-staff@cs.washington.edu, cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu
Subject: BeneFIT Online Course Launched

Colleagues:

I'm proud to announce that BeneFIT100, a free online version of our =
Fluency with Information Technology course (CSE100/Info100), was =
launched yesterday. Find it at:

    http://www.fit.washington.edu  [The Flash 6 version is slick!]

The site is a public service of UW and NSF for citizens to learn the =
basic fluency knowledge--skills, concepts and capabilities--to use =
computers and information technology effectively. >>When your family or =
friends ask, "How can I learn more about computers?" direct them to the =
above URL. It's self-paced and easy to skip around to "relevant" parts.

Fluency with Information Technology (FIT) has been jokingly described as =
computer literacy on steroids. It comes from a National Research Council =
(NRC) report answering the question: "What should _everyone_ know about =
IT?" UW has been a pioneer in developing the concept and implementing it =
in college course form. BeneFIT100 was funded by NSF and built by UW's =
Distance Education team. The course is free, but UW Extension will also =
offer a "for credit" version (with instructor and exams) for tuition.

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