It is clear that more courses are being offered online each year. With the increase in the number of courses offered, the number of faculty teaching at a distance will also be increasing. Many researchers are discussing concerns that faculty have about online courses, such as incentives, training, technical support, workload, and intellectual…

Competence refers to a state of being well qualified to perform an activity, task, or job function. According to the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI), a competency involves a related set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enables a person to effectively perform the activities of a given…

Paper given at the ADFL session of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, St. Paul, Minn., April 27, 1973. (DD)

A case study in mathematics designed to illustrate how the computer may be instructed to solve complicated problems. The problem is to find the volume of a right truncated cone given the altitude and a half angle or the base radius. (RP)

Simulation is not new to agricultural education but the techniques are undergoing change as they respond to modern technologies. (Editor)

Discusses the work and planning requisite to the success of an ambitious, developmental, computer-assisted instruction project. (JF)

Several major factors must be considered when developing or assessing tutorial microcomputer software for mathematics instruction. Both learning considerations and curriculum considerations are discussed in some detail. (MNS)

Recommends that computer assisted instruction (CAI) be used for teaching reading, language arts, and mathematics to children who have difficulty achieving basic academic skills. Computer programs which have been used with low academic achievers in several parts of the U.S. are discussed. Seven references are listed. (Author/MER)

Discusses how microcomputers can stimulate invention in composition, through electronic mail, text analysis, and word processing programs. Describes two exploratory studies designed to examine the feasibility of using a word processor for language experience and sentence-combining activities in the elementary school classroom. (HTH)

Suggests that microcomputers can improve instruction/learning because they are rapid calculators, word processors and data storage devices with color and black/white graphics capabilities and can be used in one of three instructional modes: computer assisted instruction, computer assisted laboratory investigations, and computer managed…

One group of undergraduate students were taught a one-hour computerized lesson on free body diagram analysis, developed at Iowa State University for use with the PLATO system. Other students studied the same material using worksheets. Both methods appeared to be equally effective although the computer system offered some instructional advantages.…

Discusses the results of a survey administered to former students, which compared purposive documentation, education program, resources, and evaluation/feedback mechanisms of nine online instruction programs offered by various organizations, and suggests tools to improve learning. A table of online instruction program characteristics,…

Describes development and implementation of system of individualized instruction at Ohio State University at elementary level in Arabic, French, German, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. Funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, the project involved three components--teacher-assisted, mastery-based, and self-paced instruction (TAMBSPI).…