This report describes the instructional design for a Multiple Position Letter Sorting Machine (MPLSM) operator's course administered via the Automated Instructional Development System (AIDS). AIDS is an innovative system consisting of a unique special purpose computer, innovatively designed software, and individualized adaptive instruction. The…

A computer-assisted instructional program, which was developed for teaching beginning computer maintenance to employees of Unisys, covered external hardware maintenance, proper diskette care, making software backups, and electro-static discharge prevention. The procedure used in developing the program was based upon the Dick and Carey (1985) model…

This practicum was developed to provide faculty and administrators in a K-12 school system with the necessary skills and instruction to incorporate Internet technologies into the curriculum using the existing resources located in the school. The project was divided into three phases. The initial phase developed staff and community awareness. The…

The VIISA (Vision Impaired In-Service in America) training model provided early intervention/childhood professionals with training that would help them better serve preschoolers, ages birth to five, with blindness and visual impairment. Materials and procedures for two courses were developed and taught to 344 participants in 9 states over a 3-year…

A computer assisted instructional program was developed for teaching the rules of filing to library student assistants in the New York Institute of Technology. The procedure used in developing the program was based upon the Interservice Model of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) developed at Florida State University. The first of seven chapters…

This practicum was designed to increase the integration of technology into the sixth-grade curriculum and to eliminate technology as a separate subject in an urban middle school setting. The subject of technology was integrated into the curriculum of the remaining academic subjects, instead of being added onto the curriculum. Site-based teacher…

The problem addressed in this practicum was that most teachers at the author's middle school were not fully using the school's network resources in their day-to-day classroom activities, in spite of district technology initiatives. The goal of the practicum was to empower a cadre of representative mentor teachers to fully utilize the school…

Trends in using computer technology for career development and human resources development in companies in the United States and worldwide were reviewed, and the possibilities of adapting the latest advances in digital technology-based training delivery systems in school-based contexts were explored. A model was proposed that entailed having chief…