The paper deals with the issue of e-courses personalization in selected LMS. Even though this topic has been the subject of research for a longer time, more effective concepts of learning through e-courses are still being sought. Part of the contribution is a brief explanation of the terms personalization and adaptivity, which are often mistaken…

These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the University of Applied Sciences, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 11-13, 2019. The Mobile Learning 2019 Conference…

Teachers at Briarwood High School, East Point, Georgia, are now using a computer as an aid in teaching vocational typewriting on an individualized basis. The computer displays individual students' standings and constructs individual tests. Students work at their own pace and the teacher provides help and guidance as required. (MF)

The advantages of microcomputer networks include resource sharing, multiple user communications, and integrating data processing and office automation. This article nonetheless favors stand-alone computers for Australian secondary school classrooms because of unreliable hardware, software design, and copyright problems, and individual progress…

The use of the computer in a self-paced introductory chemistry and physics course is described. The computer assumes the routine tasks of student assessment and recordkeeping. (Author/BD)

The principal of a Louisville, Kentucky, alternative high school uses a "come when you can" schedule, a promise of success, and a high school diploma rather than a General Education Development certificate to entice would-be dropouts and pushouts to finish their education. Highly individualized and computer-assisted programs make the…

The Body Awareness Resource Network (BARN) is a computer-based system designed as a confidential, nonjudgmental source of health information for adolescents. Topics include alcohol and other drugs, diet and activity, family communication, human sexuality, smoking, and stress management; programs are available for high school and middle school…

A look at how the computer was used to help teachers in Israel deal with students' individual learning problems. (HB)

A brief description of the operation of Euclid (a theorem-proving computer program written by the author) is given and directions to be taken in its continuing development are indicated. (MN)

A project made use of computer technology to help a child with cerebral palsy communicate and learn. Software programs for the project, developed by the City of Manchester College of Higher Education and the Lancasterian School, are widely adaptable and can be used by nonspecialist teachers. (Authors/PP)

Describes the PLATO computer-based teaching system that provides individualized instruction to many students simultaneously. Includes examples of PLATO lessons and costs of implementation. (MLH)

A comparison of the effectiveness of different ways to organize instructional materials and different strategies for error feedback used the computer as a research tool and took as subjects first-year junior high school Spanish students, who were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. To investigate materials organization, computer…

Project PLAN (Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs) is an ungraded, computer supported, learner oriented, individualized program of education for elementary and secondary levels. This paper reviews and describes the development and improvement of the individualization procedures over a period of four years of operation of the program.…

Developments in three areas relating to interactive capabilities on the SCHOLAR computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system are reported. The first section discusses the implementation of two presentation strategies in SCHOLAR -- the Tutorial mode and the Block-Test mode -- and offers a comparative evaluation of these two modes using high school…

Presents two examples of computer-based learning developed at the Educational Technology Center at the University of California. One is concerned with scientific literacy and the other with helping students improve formal reasoning skills. Two references are listed. (Author/MBR)