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Bates, Tony – 1986
Two uses of computers for teaching in distance education are compared and contrasted: systems based on structured, pre-programmed learning materials, or computer-assisted learning, where the learner communicates as if with the computer; and systems based on the communications functions of computers, or computer-mediated communications systems…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Smith, David – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Discusses the trends in education toward computer equipment and computer assisted learning in England. Surveys some of the attitudes of educators and students toward home-based, computer-aided learning, hardware and software. Anticipates future developments in technology for education. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Download full textFraser, Lowrie A. – 1991
This report evaluates the Chapter I Take-Home Computer (THC) Program established in five elementary schools and four middle schools in academic year 1990-91 in the Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools. The program involved sending 180 computers home for 6-week periods only with those students who had parents who were willing to attend a meeting and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Education
