This paper describes a research and development effort by Jostens Learning Corporation that resulted in the Renaissance Information Management System (RIMS), an information-management user interface for an integrated learning system that is designed to overcome two major obstacles to the use of computer systems by classroom teachers--limited…

This "fastback" outlines the steps to take in computerizing school administration. After an introduction that lists the potential benefits of microcomputers in administrative offices, the booklet begins by delineating a three-step process for establishing an administrative computer system: (1) creating a district-level committee of administrators,…

The 45 papers in this collection are contributed, refereed papers submitted for publication in the proceedings of the 18th Annual Association for Educational Data Systems Convention. They cover educational applications of computers in the following areas: computer assisted instruction, computer managed instruction, instructional and learning…