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Wager, Walter – Educational Computer, 1983
Basic assumptions about instruction must be established, and cooperation between a subject expert, instructional designer, evaluator, and computer applications person is needed to develop a computer managed instruction (CMI) system. Although development costs are high, educational improvement and the changing nature of instruction from lockstep to…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Instructional Development, Instructional Improvement

Gbomita, Victor – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1997
Examined the behavior of 203 secondary school business education teachers with reference to selected social system factors, relative to their adoption of microcomputers for delivering instruction. Findings suggest that the individual's attitude, the characteristics of the innovation, and the critical threshold mark influence microcomputer adoption…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Business Education, Computer Uses in Education, Instructional Development
Ely, Donald P. – 1992
Based on the findings of a content analysis of representative literature on educational technology, this report examines the trends in educational technology from October 1, 1990 through September 30, 1991. Ten trends for 1991 are identified and discussed: (1) the creation of technology-based teaching/learning products is based largely on…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Content Analysis, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Bunderson, C. V.; And Others – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1984
WICAT Systems, Inc., produced a "proof of concept" instructional videodisc in college biology with support from the National Science Foundation. The project involved simultaneous development of content design, instructional strategies, software, and hardware, with a principal focus on evaluation of the instructional videodisc in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Simulation, Epistemology, Formative Evaluation
Leino, Jarkko – 1991
A 5-year project conducted in three comprehensive schools in a small community near Helsinki, Finland, was designed to integrate new information technology into the curriculum and to assist teachers in changing traditional instructional practices. General goals of the project were: (1) to make the knowledge and learning process more active; (2) to…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Martin, Laura M. W. – 1986
This report describes a training project undertaken as part of the Bank Street College Mathematics, Science and Technology Teacher Training Project (MASTTE) to introduce teachers to "The Voyage of the Mimi," a 13-part television drama and multimedia package designed to supplement the regular curricula for science and mathematics in the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Discovery Learning