Navigating learning, formal or informal, can be overwhelming, confusing, and impersonal. With more options than ever, the process of deciding what, where, and when can be overwhelming to a learner. The concept of Open College at Kaplan University (OC@KU) was to bring organization, purpose, and personalization of learning caused by vast resources…

The assistance of Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Public Health Service, St. Anselm's College has undertaken a change in the structure of its nursing training curriculum. The instructor has been transformed from a dispenser of discrete parcels of knowledge to a manager of the learning environment, and the student has been…

ISP (Individualized Self-Pacing) is a program in operation in the business division at Fullerton College, (California), which allows not only for individualized instruction and self-pacing progress but free entry at any time during the semester. (Author)

Provides an explanation of an introductory chemistry program for nursing students in which an individualized approach to instruction is utilized. Student evaluation results are presented. (CP)

Examines the origin and development of the Learning Assistance Center at California State University-Long Beach, which offers classroom support, individualized self-paced instruction, and tutorial services. Provides a rationale for the learning assistance support system and describes programs, services, and management features. (DMM)

Presents preliminary findings of a pilot program for college students with learning disabilities indicating that such students can successfully complete college degree programs when they are given individualized instruction. (FL)

A discussion of the Curriculum Revision and Instruction in Mathematics at the Elementary Level (CRIMEL) Program is followed by a report on a related experiment to determine the effect of retesting on learning. (MP)

Presents a college program that utilizes a self-paced, mastery-oriented curricula. Courses are subdivided into small complete modules that may require a few hours or a few weeks to complete. Describes development of the modules and disciplinary differencies in their use. (GS)

This document describes a master of education program that teaches educators how to plan and implement individualized instruction following the Individually Guided Education (IGE) organizational model developed by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center and I/D/E/A/Kettering. Seven major components of IGE are incorporated into the ten-course…

This paper describes the development at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California, of a vocabulary mastery program using a multisensory approach. It includes a detailed outline of the development of the program, the procedures students follow for self-instruction and self-pacing, and the results of the program for the first 12 participants.…

The contribution describes the course of an individualized foreign language program, the materials used and the statistical results obtained by those initiating the program. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The organization, implementation, and evaluation of a self-paced calculus course is discussed. (DT)

Describes Rogers State College's (Oklahoma) use of Multiple Learning Opportunities (MLO), a print-based, student-centered, instructor-managed and -directed, audio-and-video supplemented, competency-based synergistic teaching and learning system. Explains the four formats in which each MLO course is offered: traditional, independent study, video…

An intelligent advisor computer program designed to assist undergraduate computer science students in producing an entity-relationship diagram, a conceptual model of a database. The advisor helps students perform modeling exercises and monitors student performance. (MSE)

Describes the experimental problem-oriented curriculum implemented via an advanced computer-based educational system for training physician's assistants (PA) regarding "The Respiratory System and Its Diseases," constituting one-tenth of the year-long PA course. All lessons are on-line and students work independently at their own pace.…