Discusses computer managed learning (CML), both as part of an innovative educational strategy and as a means to support the classroom teacher, and argues that introduction of the computer in support of education can best be started at the bottom, i.e., with simple administrative tasks. One such introduction is described. (Author/JL)

A program based on instructional systems technology was developed at Canadore College as a means of devising the optimal learning experience for each individual student. The systems approach is used to solve educational problems through a process of analysis, synthesis, modeling, and simulation, based on the LOGOS (Language for Optimizing…