"The EUROCALL Review" is EUROCALL's open access online scientific journal. Regular sections include: (1) Reports on EUROCALL Special Interest Groups: up-to-date information on SIG activities; (2) Projects: reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects; (3) Recommended websites: reports and reviews of examples of good practice…

Reports on computer-assisted instruction materials for use in special education settings (readiness level, reading, math, home and school, remedial/secondary, career/vocational education, programing/computer literacy, adaptive communication devices); professional application software (authoring systems, administration, testing); and software…

With computers, tangible tools are represented by the hardware (e.g., the central processing unit, scanners, and video display unit), while intangible tools are represented by the software. There is a special category of computer-based software tools (CBSTs) that have the potential to mediate cognitive processes--computer-based cognitive tools…

The Virtual U Project is a simulation product created to help improve the management of the nation's university systems. Virtual U simulates running a university or college and assists management in allocating resources within the university. It is a powerful and user-friendly software tool that models the attitudes and behaviors of an academic…

This handbook and annotated bibliography presents discussions, ideas, and resources useful to adult basic education (ABE) program teachers and administrators in implementing educational microcomputing, and describes microcomputer software programs that have been used successfully in ABE. The first part of the book, the handbook, is organized in…

This document consists of a curriculum guide combined with separately published "simulations" and "test bank" volumes designed to support instructors using the curriculum guide. The curriculum guide was developed to provide instructional materials to teachers of microcomputer application courses in Texas. The guide contains the…

This guide was developed to assist adult education program directors and staff to integrate technology into their programs. Adapted from the original guidebook developed by the Merrimack Education Center's Adult Education Computer Applications Project, it focuses on major considerations in matching computer applications with instructional program…

A project was conducted to develop a computer forestry/forest products bibliography applicable to high school and community college vocational/technical programs. The project director contacted curriculum clearinghouses, computer companies, and high school and community college instructors in order to obtain listings of public domain programs for…

The purpose of this handbook is to help vocational education teachers improve the computer skills of their students. The handbook is divided into major sections that describe the concept, provide suggestions for development of the concept, and include a sampling of the variety of application-oriented activities appropriate to vocational education.…

This guide contains instructional materials for a course designed to provide students with a business computer applications background and skills that will not only prepare them for an entry-level position, but that will transfer through articulation to community colleges and later to four-year colleges. Introductory pages of the curriculum guide…

Describes an experimental computer program that attempts to simulate a choreographers' knowledge and expertise. The user expresses a set of rules that describe some of the dynamic aspects of a dance. These rules are applied nondeterministically by a "rule driver" program. The rule driver embodies a heuristic algorithm. (MJP)

This directory contains 111 reviews of computer software programs suitable for use in adult basic education, general educational development, and English as a second language (ESL) programs. Each one-page review contains the following information: program title, version, producer, cost, hardware requirements, typical run time, back-up disk,…

This buyer's guide is based upon more than 300 software reviews made by members of an educational consortium in Oregon, all of whom work with adult students. The guide represents the recommendations for a core program in adult basic education and is split into two parts: (1) an initial kit, which is designed for those who are just beginning to set…

This document consists of a curriculum guide combined with separately published "Simulations" and "Test Bank" volumes designed to support instructors using the curriculum guide. The curriculum guide was developed to provide instructional materials to teachers of office support systems courses in Texas. The guide contains the…