The overall goal of the Swiss Virtual Campus project Dealing with Natural Hazards and Risk (NAHRIS) is to create a common educational course program that compiles the most recent knowledge in the field of natural hazards and risk management. Several higher education institutes from all parts of Switzerland were involved in the realization of this…

Much has been written about why university faculty choose to refrain or participate in online instruction (Beaudoin, 1990; Bower, 2001; Clark, 1993; Dillon & Walsh, 1992; McKenzie, 2000; McKinnon, 1998; Paulson, 2002; Rockwell, Scheuer, Fritz, & Marx, 1999; Schifter, 2002; Wilson, 1998). Missing from the empirical knowledge base, however, are…

Interactive learning environments (ILEs) are increasingly used to support and enhance instruction and learning experiences. ILEs maintain and display information, allowing learners to interact with this information. One important method of interacting with information is navigation. Often, learners are required to navigate through the information…

The purpose of this study was to investigate learning in communities of inquiry (CoI) as the terms are defined in Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's (2000) framework. We identified 252 reports from 2000-2008 that referenced the framework, and we reviewed them using Ogawan and Malen's (1991) strategy for synthesizing multi-vocal bodies of literature.…

Earobics[R] is interactive software that provides students in pre-K through third grade with individual, systematic instruction in early literacy skills as students interact with animated characters. Earobics[R] Foundations is the version for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. Earobics[R] Connections is for second and third graders…

The ICU/PLANIT (Instructor's Computer Utility/Programmed Language for Instruction Teaching) is currently the only computer-assisted instruction language and system designed to be machine independent. ICU/PLANIT is, therefore, a low-cost way of adding a CAI system to an existing computer facility. (JA)

The design and development of a program of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) which assists the student in learning elementary algorithms of an undergraduate numerical methods course is presented, along with special programing features such as partial precision arithmetic, computer-generated problems, and approximate matching of mathematical…

During this quarter, planning was begun on a field experiment to determine the effectiveness of the Lincoln Training System (LTS) for maintenance management. Work continued on the development and evaluation of fiche handling mechanisms for the LTS-4. (Author)

While a PLATO station is normally used to present lessons (STUDENT MODE), a station can also be used by a teacher to produce or alter lessons or to control lesson presentation (AUTHOR MODE). This memo describes the manner in which student records and lesson material are stored in the computer memory, prescribes the method of entry to AUTHOR MODE,…

The information in this memo allows the advanced TUTOR author to predict the effect or outcome of any TUTOR statement in a given situation. Each TUTOR lesson consists of an ordered list of TUTOR statements. During use of the lesson, the computer is required to examine portions of this list and to perform operations specified by some or all of the…

It is argued that the need for inadequate languages, those "simplified" languages that are scaled down to the limits of the present-day small computer, will soon disappear. Utilization of an extensive language base, even if it is developed on computers exceeding the capabilities of the target minis is suggested. (Author/RAO)

General advice and directions are provided on what to read, where to visit, which conferences to attend, and how to get into the channels of communication. (Author/RAO)

An approach illustrated with three simple APL programs. (Author)

Computer assisted instruction, rather than being dehumanizing, provides benefits for both students and instructors. Seven arguments in favor of CAI are presented and nine references listed. (STS)