In 1980, Wichita State University received a grant to introduce microcomputers as interactive teaching tools in large science classrooms. Through this grant, 18 faculty in 11 departments developed software modules illustrating concepts that are often difficult to teach by usual lecture methods. To determine whether the use of microcomputers in…

This descriptive study examines how the proliferation of electronic hook-ups to remote locations, to databases, and particularly to electronic mail (e-mail), is changing the work, communication patterns and self-image of higher education faculty. In particular the study examined whether technological acquisition had an impact on professors'…

This study examined the theories and beliefs about learning, teaching, and curriculum held by the course developers of an undergraduate educational technology course to determine whether their espoused beliefs were evident in actual classroom practice. The curriculum represented a radical change in a course designed to provide education students…