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Hutchings, G. A.; And Others – Computers and Education, 1994
Discusses the use of hypermedia in education and describes the Interactive Learning and Biology project that was developed at the University of Southampton (England) to teach undergraduate cell biology. Topics addressed include authoring tools for hypermedia; a study of undergraduates learning cell motility; student attitudes; and navigation…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Schwier, Richard; Misanchuk, Earl R. – 1990
Contrasting traditional linear media (in which all learners proceed through the instructional materials in an essentially fixed sequence) with interactive technologies and hypermedia (in which two learners may take different paths through the same instructional materials), this paper highlights the importance of recording and analyzing the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Data Analysis
Helsel, Sandra – 1990
Four major education and training markets for multimedia products are: (1) industrial training; (2) management and professional education; (3) medicine and the health sciences; and (4) formal education, including public, higher and adult education. The industrial training market refers to the development of nonmanagerial, technical, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Courseware, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Milheim, William D.; Lavix, Carol – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Arguing that good screen design is an important part of good instructional design for computer-based training, this article describes how to design screens to facilitate learning and provide for appropriate student-computer interaction. Topics discussed include general text and graphics design, screen layout, use of color, and effective design for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Design Requirements
Abramson, Trudy, Ed.; And Others – HyperNexus, 1995
This document consists of one volume year (four quarterly issues) of the journal "HyperNexus," containing articles on hypermedia and multimedia use in education. Typical article topics are: language-learning software; teaching and learning HyperCard; hypermedia-based teacher education; the use of music in virtual reality; integrating…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)

Litchfield, Brenda C. – 1993
Current literature pertaining to multimedia programs is reviewed and discussed as it relates to the design and development of instructional programs. Most of the literature reviewed covers the last 4 years. Major areas discussed include: (1) instructional (instructional strategies and cooperative learning); (2) branching (navigation and learner…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning, Courseware
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1989
This report summarizes activities related to the development, field testing, evaluation, and marketing of the "Scientists at Work" program which combines computer assisted instruction with database tools to aid cognitively impaired middle and early high school children in learning and applying thinking skills to science. The brief report…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases

Overbaugh, Richard C. – Computers in the Schools, 1994
Describes the development of an interactive video simulation, the "Classroom Management Simulation," that teaches eight basic principles of classroom management to preservice teachers. Highlights include the instructional design process, including task analysis; the use of HyperCard for programming; and results of field testing. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
This article, intended for school teachers and school librarians, provides detailed information on electronic products produced by the National Geographic Society (NGS) for grades 3-12 and for adults. Highlights include the NGS Kids network; CD-ROM; software; GTV, an interactive videodisc kit; and STV, interactive videodisc with HyperCard…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Courseware
Latchem, Colin, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book describes developments in interactive multimedia (IMM) in the early 1990s. Its aim is to provide educators, students, trainers, librarians, managers, and practitioners with an overview, not only of the directions and uses of the technology, but also of the research foundations and educational and contextual issues that need to be…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Display Systems

McConnell, David – Educational and Training Technology International, 1991
Describes new developments in distributed educational computing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, "Athena"), Carnegie Mellon University ("Andrew"), Brown University "Intermedia"), Electronic University Network (California), Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (California), and University of California,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
Ryan, William C., Ed. – 1989
The papers presented at the 1989 National Educational Computing Conference focused on ways of using technology to improve educational quality. Topics of the 50 papers and more than 120 abstracts provided in these proceedings include applications of artificial intelligence and the development of expert systems; authoring systems; using the computer…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Dalton, David W., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This collection of conference presentations contains 48 papers and 122 abstracts (for which there are no formal papers). The papers and abstracts are presented in two separate sections, but both are categorized by special interest groups: (1) Academic Computing (SIGAC, 1 paper, 9 abstracts); (2) Computer-Based Training (SIGCBT, 8 papers, 12…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Bantz, David; And Others – 1990
This annotated bibliography is based on a literature search which was commissioned to complement the report on a conference hosted by Dartmouth University (New Hampshire) in October 1988. An introductory essay describes the conference, which brought together 30 educators from a wide variety of institutions for 3 days to reflect on the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems. – 1989
The theme of the 31st Conference of the International Association for the Development of Computer-Based Instructional Systems (ADCIS) was "Creativity through Analogy." This collection of conference presentations contains 66 papers and 131 abstracts for which there are no formal papers. The papers and abstracts are presented in two separate…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation