Computer Education : New Trends and Innovations

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Computer revolution. 3. Computer hardware and software education. 4. Computer drawing board. 5. Computer as a design research tool. 6. Measuring the impact of computers. 7. Information technology evaluation, and software adoption policies. 8. Assessment of information learning technology. Bibliography. Index.

"Computers (technological devices) make it possible for use to do things we could not do before the advent of computers. They also force educators and performance technologists to use more disciplined thinking processes--this discipline may be chief advantage to the integration of computers into training and education.

This book's primary function is to help instructional designers derive the components of a problem that can be entered into computer and giving benefits of computers. It is process-oriented and hardware independent. That is, it does not matter much which method computer program you use, for the ultimate effectiveness of an curriculum solution depends on the quality of the information entered into the program; this information comes from the process used when analysing the problem. Therefore, the technology described here may be used with a number of different programs for a variety of purposes, though the focus of this text is on problems associated with education and training." (jacket)