Examines why computers are used less often in classrooms than in other organizations; suggests that technological innovations have never been central to national school improvement movements, and that the dominant cultural belief about teaching, learning, and proper knowledge and about the way schools are organized for instruction inhibits…

Looks at some of the changes that rapid developments in microcomputer and electronic communications technology will bring to schooling and society. Condensed from "The Futurist," August 1981, p25-30, published by the World Future Society, Washington, D.C. (Editor/SJL)

Describes areas where Calgary has used its computer assisted instruction (CAI) to aide individuals via diagnostic testing, enrichment programs, remedial study, review and reinforcement, and sequencing materials. Suggests microcomputers play four roles: tutorial, drill/practice, simulation, and testing and record keeping. Discusses problems in…

Suggests that microcomputers will change the teaching of reading. Offers economic, political, and scientific reasons for this belief. (FL)

The fastest growing segment of the higher education market for computing lies in the area of instruction. With the next generation of high-performance, low-cost work-stations coming online, software becomes the key to success. Software for instruction has been the most difficult for vendors to deal with. (MLW)

Maintains that the electronic learning revolution envisioned by Kupisiewicz and White (Prospects v14 n1, 1984) will fail for many of the same reasons the educational television (ETV) revolution failed. Reviews ETV research and concludes that we are doomed to repeat the past if we fail to confront the gap between our assumptions and available…

Contends that the electronic revolution will only supplement existing modes of education; that it is not a panacea capable of correcting all of education's ills. Maintains that the relationship between assumptions and empirical evidence has not been neglected. (JDH)

Proposes a framework for designing staff development to implement technology in schools, focusing on needs assessment to ensure the transfer of knowledge and skills into regular teaching practice. Components of the model provide teachers with instruction, modeling, coaching, and empowerment. The article offers examples of cognitive apprenticeship…

Despite rapid advancements in educational technology, postsecondary teaching methods remain remarkably traditional. However, the microcomputer has emerged as a powerful tool that is transforming what and how students learn, both inside and outside the classroom. (Author/MSE)

Just as the communication and information processing abilities of the computer transform the processes of which it becomes a part, so does the computer transform the nature of education and the functions of teachers and schools. (MT)

Comparisons of four videodisc systems are given, and then compared with videotapes. Education projects using videodiscs are noted, and problems of using videodiscs in education are noted. It is believed that videodiscs, especially when operated by a microcomputer, will open new aspects of computer-assisted instruction. (MNS)

A discussion of microcomputer applications in elementary and secondary school social studies is accompanied by a list of publications and a checklist to aid educators in evaluating programs for microcomputers. Six instructional uses of the microcomputer are drill and practice, tutorial, demonstration, simulation, instructional games, and computer…

Maintains that much informal learning presently takes place through commercial television; that traditional conceptions of school learning are too narrow. Contends that much of the traditional school curriculum will be effectively taught by microcomputers, videodisks, and related high technology. (JDH)

The use of microcomputers in classrooms of the future will focus on teaching computers which provide interactive personal teaching to the student. Microcomputers will be inexpensive and will be used by students from all social classes. (JN)

Study examined the integration of computers into preservice teacher training, focusing on curricular trends and preparation. Surveys of elementary education program directors from eight universities found that the use of computers was not adequate to support or develop educational and technological change in the classroom. (SM)