Development of Computer-Assisted Instruction Curriculum Materials. Results of a Survey.

Autor/in	Karrer, Urs
Titel	Development of Computer-Assisted Instruction Curriculum Materials. Results of a Survey.
Quelle	(1987), (38 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Authoring Aids (Programing); Computer Assisted Instruction; Courseware; Data Interpretation; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Instructional Design; Instructional Development; Material Development; Production Techniques; Surveys; Tables (Data); Netherlands; Switzerland; United Kingdom (England); United States; West Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Lernsoftware; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Production engineering; Produktionstechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Tabelle; Niederlande; Schweiz; USA
Abstract	Based on the premise that the production strategy and the production approach have a strong impact on quality courseware development, a survey was conducted in 1987 to evaluate the development processes used for computer-assisted instruction curriculum materials. Questionnaires were sent to 64 institutions of higher education in England, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. There was a response rate of 50% for nonprofit institutions and 4.8% for profit organizations. Analyses of the data indicated that: (1) most of the respondents include concepts, ideas, and procedures of instructional (system) design in courseware development, but the procedures used have little in common; (2) most of the respondents utilize a team strategy for courseware development; (3) the respondents identified software engineering, the consideration of instructional and/or pedagogic concepts and ideas, and the production strategy as options that may discriminate between good and bad courseware; (4) the cyclic, iterative team strategy is regarded as appropriate by the respondents, most of whom reported no experience with other production systems; (5) respondents considered PASCAL, C, BASIC, machine/assembly language, and Logo to be the most important all-purpose languages for courseware development; (6) review and evaluation forms are the most important methods used by the respondents to determine software quality; and (7) the most important areas of software use after the natural sciences are economics and languages. The data are presented in 31 tables, and five references are provided. (RP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC