Outlines a plan for action for community college use of microcomputers to provide learning opportunities for adults. Focuses on aspects such as computer-assisted learning assessment, microcomputer acquisition, faculty development, and course software choices and features. (DMM)

Surveys ERIC documents and journal articles dealing with the instructional and administrative applications of microcomputers at the postsecondary level. (DMM)

Presents survey results on the use of computers by community colleges in terms of systems employed, services provided, administrative uses, and levels of instructional use. Supplies charts showing past, current, and projected instructional computer usage. (DMM)

Relates experiences in using computers and microcomputers in teaching history. Reviews the value of the computers in testing, record keeping, reporting, and advising. Cites benefits for instructors and students. (DMM)

Addresses the problems involved in meeting diverse student needs within the classroom. Encourages the use of computer-managed education (CME) to facilitate the record-keeping and decision-making involved in instruction. Explains the use of a CME system in Seattle Community College's mathematics laboratory. Concludes that CME increases…

Analyzes trends in the use of computers in the college curriculum; reviews research on the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction. Urges private junior colleges to incorporate computer technology into their entire curriculum to remain competitive. (DMM)

This study reports the use of technology in understanding reading and learning abilities (comprehension) of undergraduates in a psychology course. The study's favorable results provide support for further implementations and tests of self-paced computer instruction as a supplement or alternative to more traditionally organized teaching. Contains 4…

Analyzes some of the successes and failures of educational institutions in introducing audiovisual equipment under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. Suggests that community college leaders can avoid similar problems by developing an anticipatory policy framework as they enter the high technology era. (DMM)

Reviews ERIC literature on four major themes related to instructional technology at the community college: computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, distance education and televised instruction, and the role of learning laboratories and learning resource centers in housing and making available nonprint educational media. (AYC)

Secondary school administrators can use local community colleges as resources in several ways: as showplaces of diverse uses for computers, links to the needs of business regarding computing skills, participants in concurrent enrollment programs, and providers of staff development courses and computing services. (Author/JM)

Describes the unique distance education consortium developed by the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education system. The consortium provides centralized management of faculty and curriculum, and decentralized management of student services. "CCCOnline" was developed in response to student desires for convenient learning…