Reviews the role of computers, particularly the personal computer, in the learning process, discusses the many ways of using the computer to assist learners, and considers the advantages of personal computers over time-sharing computers. (Author/IRT)

This description of a project to review computer impact on society and computer literacy courses and materials includes the effort to gather and maintain a comprehensive bibliography, an analysis of the literature currently included, a set of objectives for courses, and future plans for refinement. (Author/JEG)

In an information society, a computer literate populace is as important as energy is to an industrial society. Other nations have begun the task of restructuring their systems to include computers and unless the United States begins soon, the next crisis in American education will be the computer literacy crisis. (Author)

As many national communities transform their socio-economic environment to that of the information society, an examinination of the new discipline of informatics is outlined. (Author/BB)

The rethinking and remodeling of an established library system in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, to respond to contemporary and future informational needs of an entire culture are described. (Author/BB)

Examines the definitions of information science, the general development of information science education, and its present status in graduate library education in Canada, including specific lists of courses offered and a list of information science topics. (CWM)

Discusses a few possibilities that computer-assisted learning holds for the problems of learning music. (Author/RK)

ENTER: History, geography, consumerism, science facts. COMPUTE: Totals, averages, percentages, etc. READ OUT: Enriched, integrated learning. (Editor)

Computer-based educational information systems produce information that provides decision-makers with a more complete knowledge, an increased range of alternatives, and an improved capability for anticipating decision consequences. (Author/IRT)

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Discusses the English words "computer," and "calculator" and other related terms, their equivalents in French, and problems resulting from discrepancies in translation. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Discusses informal education as a form for learning about computers and describes relevant computer competencies on four levels based on empirical project work. Computer learning offered by formal, organized programs and by informal methods via the media are reviewed. Contains 56 references. (Author/LRW)

The National Science Foundation will increase support for supercomputer centers at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, while leaving unclear the status of the program at Cornell University (New York) and a cooperative Carnegie-Mellon University (Pennsylvania) and University of Pittsburgh…

University of Ulster students undertake mandatory 1-year paid work placements. A survey of those in informatics and math/science/computing indicated they developed skills and a realistic concept of work. A web portal is being developed to provide placement resources for students and faculty. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

Discusses how the design and implementation of problem-solving tools used in programming instruction are complementary with both the theories of problem-based learning (PBL), including constructivism, and the practices of distributed education environments. Examines how combining PBL, Web-based distributed education, and a problem-solving…