The four papers in this document consider alternative programs and innovative models and techniques concerned with career change and its impact on vocational education. In the first paper, Jo Shuchat addresses the issue of what vocational education is or is not doing to accommodate the increasing interest women have for nontraditional job…

This paper concerns the potential uses of management information systems (MIS) for clinical, administrative, research, and program evaluation applications in mental health settings. The process of developing and implementing a computer-assisted medical record in a community mental health center (CMHC) is described. Principles which facilitated…

The conceptual unification experiential (CUE) model was developed to provide a mechanism for flexible and adaptive development of instructional content for use in a large computer-based instructional system. The purpose of the CUE model is to provide subject matter experts with a framework by which they can create instructional contexts that…

As our industrial-based economy changes into an information-based economy, information activities will continue to permeate rehabilitation. New technology in this area includes computerized occupational information systems used to aid vocational planning. Such systems include the federal government's Job Service Matching System, the Michigan…

The planning for, design, and implementation of information management systems in colleges and universities is approaching a state of adolescence as a science. Because rules cannot be devised with sufficient scope and depth to cover all institutional and systems contingencies, the necessary activities remain somewhere between magic and art. At…

Parts one and two of a one-year computer-oriented calculus course (without analytic geometry) are presented. The ideas of calculus are introduced and motivated through computer (i.e., algorithmic) concepts. An introduction to computing via algorithms and a simple flow chart language allows the book to be self-contained, except that material on…

In the early 1970's, a major modification of the introductory service course in statistics at Brigham Young University was implemented, first on an experimental basis and then in all sections by 1974-75. The basic components of the course that distinguish it are: a self-pacing text prepared under the guidance of educational research specialists; a…

This report provides a complete guide to the stand alone mode operation of the reliability and maintenance (R&M) model, which was developed to facilitate the performance of design versus cost trade-offs within the digital avionics information system (DAIS) acquisition process. The features and structure of the model, its input data…

The TIPS (Teaching Information Processing System) Course Package was designed to be used with the Macro-Games Course Package (SO 011 930) in order to train college students to apply the tools of economic analysis to current problems. TIPS is used to provide feedback and individualized assignments to students, as well as information about the…

NEW TECHNIQUES IN SCHEDULING PERMIT MORE EFFICIENT USE OF TIME FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN PROGRAMING, AND PROVIDES A SEEDBED FOR INNOVATION. THE STANFORD SCHOOL SCHEDULING SYSTEM (S-4) IS A SET OF PROGRAMS THAT AUTOMATES THE SCHEDULING PROCESS. THE FIRST OF THE FOUR PROGRAMS, CTTA, (CARD TO TAPE AND AUDIT), DIRECTS THE…

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE ARTICULATED MEDIA PROJECT (AMP) WAS TO DESIGN PROTOTYPE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN PREPARING EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS IN SUCH A WAY THAT CONCEPTS AND REALITY-ORIENTED ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATIONS WERE JOINED DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS. THE STUDY ALSO ATTEMPTED TO PROJECT POTENTIAL USES AND EXTENSIONS OF SPECIFIC…

Students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education prepared papers exploring the scope of computer use in education. While computers are not yet capable of wholly replacing teachers, they are capable of a higher level of complex behavior than is generally realized. Computers may be misused to perpetuate certain dubious teaching practices;…

An overview of materials scheduling, this write-up outlines system components, standardization, costs, limitations, and expansion capabilities of the New York Statewide Film Library Network. Interacting components include research staff; materials libraries; hardware; input/output (operation modes, input format conventions, transaction codes);…

Individualized instruction including continuous progress education and team teaching requires a complexity of organizational structure dissimilar to that of traditional schools. In such systems, teachers must maintain extensive and complex student record systems. This teachers' manual provides an example of a computerized record system developed…

The recent arrival of portable computer systems with high-level language interpreters now makes it practical to rapidly develop complex testing and scoring programs. These programs permit undergraduates access, at arbitrary times, to testing as an integral part of a mastery learning strategy. Effects of introducing the computer were studied by…