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Douglas, Shirley; Neights, Gary
This guide for evaluating microcomputer instructional software includes a hardware/software interface analysis sheet which can be used to determine if the software being evaluated is compatible with the hardware on which it will be used. Also provided is an instructional software evaluation form for use in making judgments about (1) specific…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Information Sources
Smith, Ronald M. – 1981
Many aspects of computer managed instruction (CMI) are discussed in this paper which focuses on the use of computer technology to support teachers in their efforts to provide effective instruction. The nature of instructional management is explained and links to microcomputer capabilities are established. Microcomputer hardware and software…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Glossaries, Information Sources
Erikson, Warren; Turban, Efraim – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1985
Examination of issues involved in acquiring appropriate microcomputer software for higher education focuses on the following points: developing your own software; finding commercially available software; using published evaluations; pre-purchase testing; customizing and adapting commercial software; post-purchase testing; and software use. A…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Information Sources
Sherouse, Vicki, Ed.; Post, Richard, Ed. – 1983
Produced to provide educators and library media personnel with some understanding of and direction in the rapidly expanding field of microcomputers and their applications, this monograph includes several articles dealing specifically with media center applications and others concerned more generally with the microcomputer in educational settings.…
Descriptors: Administration, Cataloging, Computer Software, Glossaries
Clay, Katherine, Ed. – 1982
Designed to put educators in touch with the literature, people, and resources that will keep them informed of the current and future state of the art in computer education, this guide provides citations from 1976 through March 1982 compiled from computer searches of ERIC, Magazine Index, and Newspaper Index, and from manual searches of Education…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Cook, Beth; Truett, Carol – Media and Methods, 1984
Discusses 13 roles or services proposed by Costa and Costa in "A Micro Handbook for Small Libraries and Media Centers" (1983) that media specialists should consider in relation to educational computing. Current applications of microcomputers by media specialists in a public school and a private school in Hawaii are described. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1982
Intended for use by teachers, administrators, and boards of education in Tennessee as they make decisions about the instructional and managerial uses of microcomputers in education, this handbook is structured around several main topics: (1) basic microcomputer information, including microcomputer components and peripheral equipment, computer…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction