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STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN SELECTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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1979
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The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting the success of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs in selected colleges and universities. Related questions of interest were posed and answered: What are the greatest problems or obstacles encountered in establishing a CAI program? What incentives are offered to faculty members who develop CAI curriculum materials? Do programs stand better chances for success when initiated by top level administrators? Are faculty attitudes deemed important factors in successful implementation? The study concluded with several recommendations, two of which follow: (1) A national coordinating agency for instructional computing should be established; and (2) college and university administrators should implement computer literacy courses and require them of all students. It was also recommended that future researchers might determine the following: (1) The nature of computer literacy courses in a sampling of schools and the value of the courses in the lives of recent graduates, and (2) if extensive instructional computing facilities in a college or university help attract outstanding students and faculty members.
Title: A STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN SELECTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
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Name(s): POTTS, ANN SHOEMAKER
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 155 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting the success of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs in selected colleges and universities. Related questions of interest were posed and answered: What are the greatest problems or obstacles encountered in establishing a CAI program? What incentives are offered to faculty members who develop CAI curriculum materials? Do programs stand better chances for success when initiated by top level administrators? Are faculty attitudes deemed important factors in successful implementation? The study concluded with several recommendations, two of which follow: (1) A national coordinating agency for instructional computing should be established; and (2) college and university administrators should implement computer literacy courses and require them of all students. It was also recommended that future researchers might determine the following: (1) The nature of computer literacy courses in a sampling of schools and the value of the courses in the lives of recent graduates, and (2) if extensive instructional computing facilities in a college or university help attract outstanding students and faculty members.
Identifier: 11737 (digitool), FADT11737 (IID), fau:8669 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.
Subject(s): Computer-assisted instruction
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