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From Teaching Machines to Microcomputers: Some Milestones in the History of Computer-Based Instruction.
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Niemiec, Richard P.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Examines the history of computer-based education within the context of psychological theorists of instruction, including Pressey, Thorndike, Skinner, and Crowder. Topics discussed include computer-managed instruction; computer-assisted instruction; the Computer Curriculum Corporation; PLATO; TICCIT; microcomputers; effects on students; and cost…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Educational History
An Historical Perspective on the Design of Computer-Assisted Instruction: Lessons from the Past.
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Price, Robert – Computers in the Schools, 1989
Presents a brief history of the development of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Topics discussed include programmed instruction (PI); PLATO; CAI in elementary and secondary public schools; computer-managed instruction (CMI); administrative uses of computers; the development of minicomputers and microcomputers; educational software and its…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education