A Successful Transition from Mini- to Microcomputer-Assisted Instruction: The Norfolk Experience.

Gull, Randall L.

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Publication Date: 1980-Dec

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A Successful Transition from Mini- to Microcomputer-Assisted Instruction: The Norfolk Experience.

Gull, Randall L.

Educational Technology, v20 n12 p41-42 Dec 1980

Reviews reasons for the decision to change from a timeshare minicomputer to microcomputers, financial considerations involved, the purchase of hardware, the problem posed by the lack of compatible software for the microcomputers, and the development of the Assisted Instructional Development System (AIDS) for adapting minicomputer software and authoring additional lessons. (MER)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Material Development, Microcomputers, Minicomputers, Programing

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Language: English

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