The impact of robotics in education is discussed in terms of academic assistance to industry in robotics as well as academic problems in handling the demands put upon it. Some potential solutions that can have lasting impact on educational systems are proposed. (JN)

Claims knowledge-based expert computer systems can meet needs of rural schools for affordable expert advice and support and will play an important role in the future of rural education. Describes potential applications in prediction, interpretation, diagnosis, remediation, planning, monitoring, and instruction. (NEC)

Presents an activity, suitable for students in grades 6-12, on generating random numbers. Objectives, equipment needed, list of prerequisite experiences, instructional strategies, and ready-to-copy student worksheets are included. (JN)

CHEMPAC, a computer-based chemistry course developed for high school students, bridges the gap between textbook and laboratory to provide greater quantitative accuracy to laboratory experiments. This course and experiments (involving pH) illustrating the CHEMPAC approach are provided. (JN)

Explains the variety of instructional formats that are currently employed in population education computer programs. Describes the ways computer tutorials, simulations, instructional games, problem solving, and graphics could be used in population studies. (ML)

In July 1984, alumni and development officials and computer specialists at the University of Chicago celebrated the result of a 5-year partnership that set up a computer system to coordinate five alumni and development offices. Features of the new system are described. (MLW)

Presents the roles of the federal government, business, professional organizations, state and local governments and the "information entrepreneur" in advancing the state-of-the-art in social service systems applications. Federal government will continue to act as catalyst for systems development but information entrepreneurs and others will play…

Describes a system for identifying and retrieving relevant citations on a monthly basis which can be accomplished with any microcomputer and printer possessing capability of telecommunication and downloading. Procedures for comprehensive search, downloading, formatting of information for printing, printing file cards and abstracts, and…

Outlines design requirements for situation description, policy specifications, and decision consequences feedback systems of type that could be used to help manage Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) portfolios for large organizations. Several systems are described, and three additional systems design characteristics are…

Presents six scenarios to provide predictions for the place of computer literacy in education in 1993. These include computer literacy as Black studies/women's studies, as library instruction, as "computing across the curriculum," as critical literacy, as an extracurricular activity, and as communication. (JN)

Discusses the future of information technology in academic institutions and strategies Carnegie-Mellon University has adopted to take advantage of changes the "information explosion" is bringing about. Concludes by stressing the interdependence of public and private institutions in creating an information-rich society. (JN)

Describes a pilot program that tested the feasibility of using a computer-based communication system for offering an interdisciplinary, inservice biology and chemistry course to regional high school teachers. Course structure (including computer management and electronic mail system), on-line examinations, and unanticipated problems are among the…

Describes the utilization of a word processing program by a school administrator to do teacher evaluations. The discussion includes what the administrator's needs were and the physical process of setting up the system. (MBR)

Describes a two-semester course designed to meet the needs of future elementary teachers, home economists, and occupational therapists. Laboratory work includes homemade calorimeters, inclined planes, and computing. Content areas of the course include measurement, physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, geology, and meteorology. (JN)

Instruction in flexible groups at the Center School accommodates variability in student achievement and aptitude, increases time targeted to specific needs, addresses fairly large groups, reduces the problems of individualized instructional systems, and offers curricular units sequenced according to a hierarchy of skills and concepts, with…