Community colleges continue to experience growth in online courses. This growth reflects the need to increase the numbers of students who complete certificates or degrees. Retaining online students, not to mention assuring their success, is a challenge that must be addressed through practical institutional responses. By leveraging existing student…

Outlines a plan for action for community college use of microcomputers to provide learning opportunities for adults. Focuses on aspects such as computer-assisted learning assessment, microcomputer acquisition, faculty development, and course software choices and features. (DMM)

Surveys ERIC documents and journal articles dealing with the instructional and administrative applications of microcomputers at the postsecondary level. (DMM)

Presents survey results on the use of computers by community colleges in terms of systems employed, services provided, administrative uses, and levels of instructional use. Supplies charts showing past, current, and projected instructional computer usage. (DMM)

Relates experiences in using computers and microcomputers in teaching history. Reviews the value of the computers in testing, record keeping, reporting, and advising. Cites benefits for instructors and students. (DMM)

Addresses the problems involved in meeting diverse student needs within the classroom. Encourages the use of computer-managed education (CME) to facilitate the record-keeping and decision-making involved in instruction. Explains the use of a CME system in Seattle Community College's mathematics laboratory. Concludes that CME increases…

This study reports the use of technology in understanding reading and learning abilities (comprehension) of undergraduates in a psychology course. The study's favorable results provide support for further implementations and tests of self-paced computer instruction as a supplement or alternative to more traditionally organized teaching. Contains 4…

Analyzes some of the successes and failures of educational institutions in introducing audiovisual equipment under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. Suggests that community college leaders can avoid similar problems by developing an anticipatory policy framework as they enter the high technology era. (DMM)

Los Angeles Pierce College has been using Computer-Based Spelling Instruction (CBSI) software in spelling enrichment classes since 1992. Students who have used the program average 96% on final exams, and student retention proves excellent. The CBSI module performs the following functions: (1) administers a 1,200 word pretest; (2) divides missed…

Describes a computer-based system designed to alleviate problems that instructors at technical and community colleges face in developing and teaching courses. Discusses implementation of computer-managed instruction, field testing, record keeping, and revisions. (MA)

The Lansing Community College (LCC) Math Lab offers two arithmetic and two developmental algebra courses and provides a placement and proficiency testing program for the mathematics department and for other selected departments in the college. Students who participate in Math Lab courses: (1) take a placement test and/or have a placement interview…

After examining the impact of changing technology on postsecondary instruction and on the tools needed for instruction, this report analyzes the status and offers recommendations concerning the future of instructional computing at Vancouver Community College (VCC) in British Columbia. Section I focuses on the use of computers in community college…

The College of DuPage (CD), a community college enrolling 28,890 students and employing 2,400 faculty, staff, and part-time student employees, decided to develop a plan for computing in order to inventory computing resources on campus; justify resources based on current capacities and limitations; identify opportunities for effective resource…

A study was conducted at a small community college in northern California to examine faculty use of microcomputers for instruction and to investigate faculty attitudes toward computer-assisted learning, computer-related staff development activities, and imminent social changes and the implications of these changes for postsecondary education. The…

A survey of the 28 Florida community colleges was conducted to determine the type and amount of computer hardware and software used at each college and to obtain colleges' evaluation of their own administrative software. Responses from 27 colleges revealed that: (1) of the 26 colleges with administrative data processing systems, 13 had IBM systems…