Computer services provided to the Navy Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) system and numerous non-CMI users are the focus of this report of a study designed to (1) analyze the response time, interruptions, and availability of the CMI system; (2) determine the impact of the non-CMI users on the ability of the system to respond to CMI requirements;…

The development of a large body of e-­learning specifications, such as IMS and SCORM, has led to the proposal for a new way to facilitate content workflow. This involves the movement of educational digital content and the knowledge of pedagogical communities into an online space. Several projects have looked at the theoretical structure of these…

Styles influencing curriculum development -- management models, liberal non-intervention, and the exclusion of affective for cognitive objectives -- fail to give an account of personal man in his culture. Through "cultivation of soul" some teachers provide a rational way to respond to the weaknesses of overly rationalized learning. (JH)

The State Planning System (SPS) is a flexible, policy-oriented management tool intended to help analyze possible impacts of various policy decisions. The SPS is able to address a wide range of issues because it depends on the user to provide the relationships and data to be used in the analysis. Such issues might include enrollment shifts among…

An analytical study of the Jamaican education system and its major constraints is presented with recommendations as to various reform actions that might be undertaken to improve it. Chapter One discusses Jamaica's current economic, social, and demographic situation. Chapter Two presents a general review of the backgound and structure of the…

Any effort to change a complex social system should begin by constructing models and simulations of the problem and its social context. These will increase the likelihood of long-term success, decrease the chance of unexpected negative side effects, and help conserve scarce national resources. Models may be of three types: (1) prose models--which…

This report of a study to determine the economic feasibility of automating catalog production and maintenance for a public library system includes a description of the manual catalog system in use and requirements of the new system. Assessment of benefits and costs were determined for three alternative approaches: (1) retention of the card…

Program changes inherent in the CETA concept have markedly decreased the effectiveness of previous program management and liaison strategies. Some reasons for this decrease and a new set of skills for working at the interface between prime sponsors and subcontractors and/or the regional offices are presented. (Author)

Adaptation of speech given before Division D of the American Educational Research Association (Los Angeles, Calif., February 6, 1969).

This paper, which updates and expands on a paper by Twelker and others that identified and described five instructional development (ID) models, presents a taxonomy for classifying ID models, comments on the limited degree of testing to which most ID models have been subjected, reviews 13 models, and provides a selected, annotated bibliography of…

An extensive computer based education system (CBES) built around the IBM Coursewriter III program product at Ohio State University is described. In this system, numerous extensions have been added to the Coursewriter III language to provide capabilities needed to implement sophisticated instructional strategies. CBES design goals include lower CPU…

This project sought to meet documented Army training needs through the application of system analytic procedures. When doctrine, regulations, and school organization were investigated, it was found that regulations were clear and comprehensive, but that school organization lacked a clear training evaluation component. During the project, the Army…

The ninth part of a 10-part series, this report was compiled by the Educational Development Center at Wilkes College. The series deals with various aspects of the treatment of delinquents and is intended as a summary of research findings in each of the areas treated. Each report was prepared by a scholar-practitioner and is presented in a way that…