This publication presents a summary of and index to the presentations given at the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) Convention held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during May 5-8, 1981. Summarized are 66 short papers that cover a variety of educational computing activities and projects completed by educational institutions,…

Describes computer assisted and managed learning, with special reference to applications in science teaching, as well as the work of the United Kingdom's National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning. (CMV)

The changing nature of the business school computing environment is monitored in a report whose purpose is to provide deans and other policy-makers with information to use in making allocation decisions and program plans. This survey focuses on resource allocations of 249 accredited U.S. business schools and 15 Canadian schools. A total of 128…

This manual for supervisory instructors documents the goals, methods, and operation of the BASIC Instructional Program (BIP), an interactive problem-solving laboratory that teaches elementary programming in the BASIC language. The first two sections describe features of BIP that may be of interest to the supervisor, especially the individualized…

A definition of computer literacy is developed that is broad enough to apply to educators in general, but which leaves room for specificity for particular situations and content areas. The following general domains that comprise computer literacy for all educators are addressed: (1) general computer operations; (2) software, including computer…

The 98 papers in this collection examine a wide variety of topics related to the latest technological developments as they apply to the educational process. Papers are grouped to reflect common, broad areas of interest, representing the instructional, administrative, and computer science divisions of the Association for Educational Data Systems…

Noting that the proliferation of computers in the schools requires teachers to know the best ways to use them, this book shows how the computer can be used in a reading and language arts curriculum as tool, tutor, and tutee with currently available software. Chapter one defines the reading process in terms of its relationship to background…

This paper brings out the structure and salient features of the Computer-Based Hindi Teaching (CBHT) course, which is being developed at the University of Illinois. The following topics are treated specifically: (1) areas of the Hindi Language course that can be efficiently and economically taught with computer-based pedagogy; (2) a demonstration…

The 122 papers in this collection were presented in 15 sessions of the 20th annual convention of the Association for Educational Data Systems which was held in Orlando, Florida, May 10-14, 1982. Individual papers covered a wide variety of topics, including computer assisted instruction, computer managed instruction, computer literacy,…

Technical aspects of the PLATO system, the language work done on PLATO thus far (specifically in foreign languages), and areas for further research in computer-based language instruction are reviewed. PLATO-IV, designed and implemented by the Computer-Based Educational Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is…

Intended as a reference for researchers, teachers, and administrators, this book chronicles research, programs, and uses of computers in reading. Chapter 1 provides a broad view of computer applications in education, while Chapter 2 provides annotated references for computer based reading and language arts programs for children and adults in…