The MetaFrame system migration project at WorldPharma, while driven by merger and acquisition, had faced complexities caused by both technical challenges and organizational issues in the climate of uncertainties. However, WorldPharma still insisted on instigating this post-merger system migration project. This project served to (1) consolidate the…

This study reports on the development of ESP (English for specific purposes) courseware for semiconductor technology and its integration as a "silent partner" into instruction. This kind of team-teaching could help overcome current problems encountered in developing ESP in Taiwan. The content of the material under discussion includes…

This paper classifies and surveys the basic peripheral hardware, in particular, that relevant to graphic data entry, and relates the merits of each device to the interaction process. (Author)

The recent explosions of computer use and accessibility in both academic and work settings have made computer literacy almost mandatory, yet there are many individuals who are unfamiliar with computers. Previous research has partially attributed computer attitudes to past mathematics experience and gender of the user. This study empirically…

This paper discusses some of the ways one can study graphics on the Apple II microcomputer. Much attention is given to specialized use of software packages used in dumping graphics, and the saving or storing of binary files of graphic images. Knowledge of BASIC at more than a cursory level is required, but a step-by-step procedural outline is…

Non-programers were asked to organize natural English commands of a laboratory programing language into programs for solving name-sorting problems. The problems differed in the sort concept to be programed (conjunction vs. disjunction) and in the form of expression of the letter tests to be made on the names (affirmation vs. negation). (Author)

This paper reviews the design and use of an instructional system wherein ITV and telephone were linked to a computer. The computer stored instructional materials and presented this material to the learner through its control of ITV broadcast and voice response units. (Author)

An attempt to systematize the description of the errors that programers make. (Author)

A discussion of why computers fulfill a double role as a means of teaching and as objects to be experienced in their own right, therefore they must be presented in similar roles in the education of teachers. (Author/HB)

Results of a computer assisted instruction project for individualized instruction in London, England. (HB)

A portion of a report by a Working Party of the British Computer Society Schools Committee. (HB)

A report on the findings of an evaluation of the use of computer simulation packages in secondary schools. (Author)