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Cohen, Vicki Blum – 1983
A project involving the evaluation of microcomputer courseware being marketed for school use was conducted in the Microcomputer Resource Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, during 1982 with funding from the Exxon Education Foundation. Every courseware package was evaluated by a team which included a subject matter expert, an…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Educational Media

Pasquino, Anne D.; Peelle, Howard A. – American Biology Teacher, 1975
Illustrates the approach of using viewable computer programs to simulate ecological processes. Gives a detailed example dealing with population dynamics. (LS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Curriculum Development, Ecology
Dresden Associates, Dresden, ME. – 1980
This preliminary directory represents the offerings of 45 software suppliers and information about instructional software currently available for three microcomputers widely used in schools. It is geared towards a wide variety of users including school planners contemplating microcomputer acquisition, teachers planning courses and curricula, media…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Olds, Henry F., Jr. – 1982
Microcomputers have the potential to alter the entire learning environment and change the nature of education, but the use of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) methods developed when computers were less readily available can endanger or retard the change. Designed to increase the efficiency of the teaching of course content, CAI makes no attempt…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Holmes, Rose, Ed.; And Others – Wisconsin Ideas in Media, 1983
These two documents contain a variety of articles on media use in education. The first provides 16 articles that focus on justifying media programs in the 1980's. Topics include selling your program to administrators; reorganization of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; video literacy; student-made videotape recordings; interactive…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Media, Educational Television
Bork, Alfred – 1982
The personal computer is sparking a major historical change in the way people learn, a change that could lead to the disappearance of formal education as we know it. The computer can help resolve many of the difficulties now crippling education by enabling expert teachers and curriculum developers to prepare interactive and individualized…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Curriculum Development
Watson, Nancy Ralph, Ed. – 1982
The 30 conference papers in this collection are presented in 6 categories. Five overviews discuss innovative uses of computers in education (Dorothy K. Deringer); microcomputers in instructional research (Alan M. Lesgold); microcomputers in the schools (Mitchell Batoff, Gary G. Bitter); and the courseware crisis (Barbara R. Sadowski). Research and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Educational Administration
Hoachlander, E. Gareth – 1983
The county education office of Mendocino County, California, serving nine school districts and 11,800 elementary and secondary students, began planning for computers in 1979-1980, purchased two central computers, and by 1983 had one computer or terminal for every 40 students in the county. The county was characterized by its very enthusiastic…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Computers