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Christensen, Larry C.; Bodey, Michael R. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1990
Addresses the issue of assuring quality software for use in computer-aided instruction and presents a structure by which developers can create quality courseware. Differences between courseware and computer-aided instruction software are discussed, methods for testing software are described, and human factors issues as well as instructional design…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
Getz, Malcolm – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1991
Describes the use of microcomputer-based software in an introductory statistics course at Vanderbilt University. The use of Wingz spreadsheet and Data Desk statistics software is described, objectives for the course are explained, possible objections to computer-assisted instruction for statistics are addressed, and student reactions are reported.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Courseware
Luker, Mark – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1987
Presents objections to the use of special-purpose computer languages for authoring courseware and recommends use of authoring procedures with a general-purpose language (in this case PASCAL). Highlights include problems in designing computer assisted instruction, developments in educational theory, a summary of modern authoring languages, and…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Instructional Design
Dalgish, Gerard M. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1987
This discussion of courseware design for computer-assisted language learning in English as a second language (ESL) highlights the role of randomization and creativity. A set of programs is described which are based on error analysis of students in the ESL program at Baruch College and developed around grammatical terms. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Creativity, English (Second Language)
Billings, Diane M. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1984
Identifies an instructional design model that faculty can use to author computer assisted instruction courseware, discusses computers as mediums of instruction, and adapts an instructional design model for computer use as an example of computer assisted instruction courseware development. The model includes guidelines on style, sequence,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Objectives, Courseware, Educational Theories
Slotnick, Robert S. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1988
Describes the implementation and field testing of PsychWare, a courseware package for introductory psychology developed and field tested at New York Institute of Technology. Highlights include the courseware package (10 software programs, a faculty manual, and a student workbook), and instructional design features (simulations, real-time…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Courseware
