Describes how the Educational Software short course produced by the Open University Micros in Schools project trains inservice teachers to select suitable educational software for classroom use. Findings of a formative evaluation of an activity in the course in which teachers examined three commercially produced educational software packages are…

Describes a course which provides training opportunities for academic staff who wish to acquire professional orientation toward their teaching functions. Course origins, current practices, and an independent course evaluation are described. Tentative conclusions are drawn concerning distance academic staff training and ways distance study can…

An introductory computer literacy curriculum for teachers and administrators developed by the Science Teaching Centre of the Department of Education at Tel Aviv University covered four major topics: (1) The Information Society; (2) Computer Aided Learning; (3) Computer Languages and Education; and (4) Implementation of Computers in Schools--A…