The Integration of Course Content, Technology and Institutional Setting. A Three Year Report, 31 May 1973. Project TACT, Technological Aids to Creative Thought.

Autor/inn/en	Bossert, William H.; Oettinger, Anthony G.
Institution	Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Aiken Computation Lab.
Titel	The Integration of Course Content, Technology and Institutional Setting. A Three Year Report, 31 May 1973. Project TACT, Technological Aids to Creative Thought.
Quelle	(1973), (431 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Alienation; Communication (Thought Transfer); Course Content; Educational Technology; Experimental Programs; Experimental Teaching; Higher Education; Institutional Environment; Instructional Innovation; Sciences; Social Structure; Student Attitudes; Telecommunications + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entfremdung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Kursprogramm; Unterrichtsmedien; Erprobungsprogramm; Experimentalunterricht; Experimentelle Pädagogik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Science; Wissenschaft; Sozialstruktur; Schülerverhalten; Telekommunikationstechnik
Abstract	A description is provided of an attempt at Harvard University to integrate course content with technology and the institutional setting. The course, "Communication in Societies," was aimed at non-science majors and explored the science and technology of communication and their effects on social organization. The objective was to impart an understanding of language and communication and enough command of scientific method and skills to mitigate the alienation from science found in so many students. The impact of the course on student attitudes toward science is examined, and the selection of course content, instructional methodology and grading patterns are discussed. Software and hardware used in the course are analyzed and a review is made of the problems involved in moving from experimental services to routine institutionalization. Attention is called to the needs to: 1) develop accounting procedures capable of projecting and comparing costs; 2) provide a better managerial structure for experiments; and 3) develop procedures which permit the handling of longitudinal data. A series of 12 appendixes gives complete details on the project. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC