Advances in Computer Assisted Learning

Selected Proceedings from the CAL 85 Symposium

P. R. Smith

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780080318134
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483159454
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Advances in Computer Assisted Learning contains selected proceedings from the CAL Symposium on Computer Assisted Learning held at the University of Nottingham in the UK in 1985. This book reviews advances in computer-assisted learning in the areas of curriculum development, visually handicapped and disabled students, project work in schools, television, viewdata and video applications, database applications, and engineering education and training. This monograph has 35 chapters and opens with a discussion on the computing aspects of interactive video, focusing on the design and production of the software used to control the videodisc developed by the Open University in the UK. The next chapter illustrates a variety of case studies whereby local viewdata has been exploited by both teachers and their pupils in different parts of Europe. Attention then turns to the use of computer-assisted communication in the education of the visually impaired; the use of microcomputers in teaching electronics; and theoretical considerations in selecting software for language arts. This text will be of interest to educators and policymakers who want to implement computer technology in the classroom.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Advances in Computer Assisted Learning
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• THE CAL '85 COMMITTEE
• CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
• CHAPTER 1. COMPUTING ASPECTS OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO
• CHAPTER 2. LOCAL VIEWDATA—AN INTERNATIONAL CAL RESOURCE
• CHAPTER 3. SOFTWARE AND TELEVISION—A NEW APPROACH
• CHAPTER 4. LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TRAINING UTILIZING CAL AND INTERACTIVE VIDEOCASSETTES
• CHAPTER 5. COMPUTER ASSISTED COMMUNICATION IN THE EDUCATION OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
• CHAPTER 6. DESIGNING MICROCOMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR DISABLED STUDENTS
• CHAPTER 7. THE COVENTRY COMPUTER BASED LEARNING PROJECT
• CHAPTER 8 . THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTERS INTO A SCHOOL
• CHAPTER 9. QUEST—TWO CURRICULUM PROJECTS: PERSPECTIVES, PRACTICE AND EVIDENCE
• CHAPTER 10. USING LOGO IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF PUPIL DEVISED GOALS?
• CHAPTER 11. THE TOPIC-cal PROJECT
• CHAPTER 12. A HEURISTIC PROBLEM SOLVER: GEORGE
• CHAPTER 13. TEACHING ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY—THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A COMPUTER BASED TEACHING PACKAGE FOR SCHOOLS
• CHAPTER 14. DESIGNING AN INTERACTIVE MODELLING ENVIRONMENT
• CHAPTER 15. ENGOL—ENGINEERING-GRAPHICS-0 RIENTED LANGUAGE: THE CORE OF A "COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS" IMPLEMENTATION
• CHAPTER 16. CAL: IMPROVED LEARNING AND IMPROVED TEACHING
• CHAPTER 17. TEACHING ELECTRONICS WITH THE AID OF A MICROCOMPUTER
• CHAPTER 18. USING CAL TO BROADEN DESIGN EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS
• CHAPTER 19. AN ATTEMPT TO OPTIMIZE TEACHERS' AND LEARNERS' CONTRIBUTIONS—AND THE COMPUTER'S
• CHAPTER 20. TEACHER TRAINING IN COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION: A TWO-YEAR EXPERIENCE
• CHAPTER 21. A STRATEGY FOR THE EIGHTIES
• CHAPTER 22. RELATING RESEARCH TO CURRICULUM AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT
• CHAPTER 23. EXTENDED muSIMP/muMATH FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS
• CHAPTER 24. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTING LANGUAGE ARTS SOFTWARE
• CHAPTER 25. THE COMPUTER AND THE PRE-SCHOOL CHILD; THE WRITTEN LANGUAGE AND PLAY
• CHAPTER 26. THE ROLE OF THE COMPUTER IN DEVELOPING CHILDRENS' CLASSIFICATORY ABILITIES
• CHAPTER 27. GENERATING LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH CAL
• CHAPTER 28. CONFLICT: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TEACHER-FRIENDLY DATABASE FOR THE COMPUTER ORGANISATION OF ROLE-PLAYING IN THE CLASSROOM
• CHAPTER 29. INTERACTIVE DATABASES FOR LEISURE LEARNING
• CHAPTER 30. COMPUTER AIDED TRAINING IN A RENAL DIALYSIS WARD—A UNIQUE APPROACH
• CHAPTER 31. USE OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TEACHING IN CLINICAL DENTISTRY
• CHAPTER 32. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS
• CHAPTER 33. CAL IN CANADA: INNOVATIONS AND THEIR SOURCES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
• CHAPTER 34. A DECADE OF CAL AT A DUTCH UNIVERSITY
• CHAPTER 35. COMPUTERS AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
• INDEX