Summarizes the different ways that computer systems can help us communicate; examines the social impact of computers, especially in education; and suggests that computers can enhance rather than hinder the interactions between people. (MP)

Explains the function of computer programing languages, noting the difference between high and low level languages, and describes the concept of authoring systems which enable nonprogramers to develop computer-assisted instructional materials. Eight programing languages and their educational applications are listed. (EAO)

Discusses computational tools for learning programming and describes a system that was developed to help university students acquire the capability to model computational problems independently of a specific programming language. User-system interaction is explained; and system architecture is described, including specification acquisition, a…

Describes a study that examined changes in preservice and inservice teachers' attitudes toward computers following their participation in an educational computing class and explored factors that contributed to their computer use. Discusses prior computer experience, having home computers, and current use of technology in the school at which they…

Innovations in network and information technology have transformed traditional classroom lectures into new approaches that have given universities the opportunity to create a virtual laboratory. However, there is no systematic framework in existing approaches for the development of virtual laboratories. Further, developing a virtual laboratory…

Over the past several decades, a wider range of assessment strategies has gained prominence in classrooms, including complex assessment items such as individual or group projects, student journals and other creative writing tasks, graphic/artistic representations of knowledge, clinical interviews, student presentations and performances, peer- and…

Project-based learning has been suggested as an appropriate pedagogy to prepare students in information systems for the realities of the business world. Web-based resources have been used to support such pedagogy with mixed results. The paper argues that the design of web-based learning support to cater to different learning styles may give…

This work presents innovative cybernetics (feedback) techniques based on Bayesian statistics for drawing questions from an Item Bank towards personalized multi-student improvement. A novel software tool, namely "Module for Adaptive Assessment of Students" (or, "MAAS" for short), implements the proposed (feedback) techniques. In conclusion, a pilot…

Common assumptions concerning the impact of computers on society fail to recognize the complexity of the social settings into which computer technology is introduced or the roles computer applications play in those settings. This paper identifies common ways of conceptualizing computing and points out their weaknesses. The author then discusses…

If computers are to be used creatively in education, they should be made available to administrators, teachers, and students. Educational Data Processing (EDP) is a means to this end. Small and poor systems can join in cooperative county, state or regional computer systems efforts such as the New England Educational Data Systems (NEEDS) in whose…

The thirteenth in a series of profiles documenting experiences with the use of instructional technology describes how computer usage has come to be a routine activity among the students and faculty of Dartmouth College. (Author/MLF)

Article describes an approach which employs a structuring of the user's conceptual reference spaces into sets of "action primitives", peculiar to the type of computer-aided task involved. (Author)

The computerized office procedures class, through the "learning-by-doing" approach, uses three instructional modules incorporating practical computer-based projects. (BP)

Requirements for a desirable authoring system are reviewed and a proposal for an interrogative authoring system presented. (Author)