Educational Technology: The Voice of a Skeptic. Part 1 and Part 2.

Weizenbaum, Joseph

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ERIC Number: EJ354487

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Educational Technology: The Voice of a Skeptic. Part 1 and Part 2.

Weizenbaum, Joseph

EDUTECH Report, v3 n2-3 p1,4-5 May-Jun 1987

This two-part interview focuses on the high expectations for the role of computers in higher education that the author feels are not being met. Highlights include discussions of teaching methods incorporating computers, computer science education, computers as research tools, word processing, and the questionable value of learning programming languages. (LRW)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Educational Objectives, Expectation, Failure, Higher Education, Interviews, Learning Strategies, Programing Languages, Research Tools, Teaching Methods, Word Processing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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