Cost effective applications of CBE do exist; however, they demand detailed cost information for all appropriate alternatives to CAI, a thorough understanding of instructional design, and an expert knowledge of the relative capabilities of alternative media in supporting particular instructional approaches. (Author/RAO)

How to compare the costs of activities you are responsible for with the benefits resulting from those activities. (Author)

Article describes an operational, computer based planning model termed SHOT (Selection Hierarchy Optimization Tool). (Author)

A brief overview of how computer assisted instruction came into wide use and its present cost effectiveness as an instructional tool. (HB)

CAI can pay by choosing a market where a decrease in training time or an increase in student-teacher ratios can be translated into lower over-all costs to the system. This situation obtains when CAI is used for the education and training of professionals, children with learning disabilities and others whose instructional needs cannot be met by the…