Computer Assisted Learning 1989

This volume contains a selection of papers from the CAL '89 Symposium and includes papers on a wide range of topics related to computer assisted learning. Papers selected include those from the following areas: CAL design, electronic mail and networks, hypermedia, learning and cognition, multimedia, CAL policy and practice and artificial intelligence techniques and knowledge base systems.

Selected papers: Who needs computers in schools, and why?, D. Hawkridge. Wider opportunities for women: emancipatory CAL as the integrating factor in a course provided for women returners, W. Strang. Using computers in university teaching: a perspective on key issues, N. Gardner & J. Darby. The classroom vs the computer room, D.M. Watson. Experiences using CAAPE: computer assisted assessment of programming exercises, G. Edmunds. Project MENS: modelling and experimenting with nonlinear dynamical systems, K.H. Becker & M. Dorfler. Explanation and learning in medicine, J.J. Bailey & S.L. Duban. An expert system in computer assisted languge learning, R.R. Nyns. Computer supported collaborative learning: problem solving and distance education, C.E. O'Malley & E. Scanlon. Multimedia learning: the classroom experience, D. Freeman. The use of relational database in qualitative research on educational computing, L.R. Winer & M. Carriere. Computer Illustrated Texts (CTIs) for teaching numerical analysis, R. Harding & D. Quinney.