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Caldwell, Robert M. – Educational Technology, 1980
Presents specific guidelines for designing instructional programs that will be delivered on microcomputers so that these programs will use the capacity of the microcomputer system in a way that will develop in learners a range of cognitive skills and help learners to evolve useful learning strategies. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Development
Download full textRoss, Steven M.; Wasicsko, Mark – 1981
The various methods of adaptive instruction can provide college faculty with options for tailoring educational experiences according to the learning situation. In conventional, lecture-type instruction, the pace and difficulty level is the same for all students, allowing for no individualization. By encouraging the students to take responsibility…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Taggart, Robert – 1986
Chapter 1 of this reference manual is a summary of the comprehensive competencies program (CCP). It describes this system for organizing, implementing, managing, and efficiently delivering individualized self-paced instruction, combined with group and experience-based learning activities, using computer-assisted instruction. (The CCP covers not…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Direct linkElbaum, Bonnie; McIntyre, Cynthia; Smith, Alese – Atwood Publishing, 2002
This guide is based on a model developed from experience with hundreds of online courses. The authors are members of The Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational technology lab dedicated to improving teaching practices through the appropriate integrated use of technology in the classroom. Based on their experience, the authors offer the Concord…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Questionnaires
Curtin, Constance; And Others – Studies in Language Learning, 1981
Learning characteristics of students undertaking computer assisted instruction using the PLATO system were assessed for five Russian courses at the University of Illinois. Since the computer allows accurate measurement of the interaction of the student with the material being learned, four measures of student performance were assessed--error rate,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Second Language Programs, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Campanini, Susan – Studies in Language Learning, 1981
Ideas for designing computer-assisted instruction (CAI) lessons that take into account the learning characteristics of disadvantaged adult students are examined, based on experiences with students who undertook a series of PLATO lessons in preparation for the GED (high school equivalency) exam. The students, who ranged in age from 18 to 60 years…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Branching, Computer Assisted Instruction, Economically Disadvantaged
