Describes an educational interface designed to allow non-computer oriented authors to design courses for use on the Havering Computer Managed Learning System. (Author/LS)

The position papers presented at a seminar held in 1969 at Leeds University are the basis of this report. The papers cover the topics of computers in education, learning systems, planning and management, hardware and engineering, development processes in computer assisted instruction (CAI), and economic problems. The 46 participants at the seminar…

This conbined issue first gives descriptions of the PLATO terminal and of an interface which has been completed to allow them to be linked to the CDC 6400 system at Northwestern University. Details are next provided relating to four events; 1) an open house at the Computer Aids to Teaching Project; 2) the Computer Caravan, a traveling computer…

The phrase "student computer dialogs" refers to interactive sessions between the student and the computer. Rather than using programing languages specifically designed for computer assisted instruction (CAI), existing general purpose languages should be emphasized in the future development of student computer dialogs, as the power and…

A review of computer equipment for immediate response interactive systems. CRT display instrumentation is explained, as is additional computer hardware that has direct application to student users. (RAO)

Documents issues on and makes specific recommendations for adapting extant time-sharing systems for computer assisted instruction. (Authors/WM)

The world of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) involves a set o complex multi-role human/computer interactions. One important aspect of this interaction concerns the analysis of response data for scientific or instructional purposes. This paper describes the human/computer operational interactions that the personnel at the Florida State…

The computer, working at the will of the human, has freed the human to assist others to become better human beings. The computer emancipates the teacher in the role of guiding the student to love learning. (Author)

Presents the rationale behind and description of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA) system, which is intended to assist people in performing online bibliographic searches through the use of another computer as intermediary. (CWM)

Addressing the need for a framework to distinguish the conditions under which different types of educational computing environments are productive, this paper proposes a cognitively based Contextual Analysis Framework consisting of two primary elements: (1) conceptual characteristics of the knowledge domain being learned, including the complexity…

Three significant training needs in the computer area must be met: (1) providing computer staff with needed technical skills, (2) training non-specialist staff in new procedures and skills, and (3) enabling everyone who uses computers in his work to know something of their workings and application. (MW)

This two volume report presents descriptions of LOGO-S, an interactive programming language expressly designed for education, and the portable LOGO system, a computer software development. The modular structure of LOGO, along with its simple but powerful extension features, is naturally suited to problem solving in many problem domains with…

Details relating to the daily operation of the Computer Aids to Teaching project are provided, along with some feedback from readers of the previous issue of the newsletter. Following this are a brief article which discusses the possibility of making man-machine interactions more personal and a review of two seminars which dealt with the…

It is possible to separate the use of computers for instructional purposes into four modes, distinguished by the style of user interaction and sometimes by the implementation methods used. The four major modes are: 1) conversational, in which the interaction resembles an exchange between two persons; 2) data-based, wherein one component of the…

Clarifies often misconstrued distinctions with regard to microcomputers, minicomputers, and maxicomputers. Criteria for educational use of microcomputers are examined, including its potential for language and peripheral expansion, and its communication capabilities. (MER)