J REPORTS: Instructional Psycholo~ INSTRUCTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE C, Victor Bunderson The University of Texas at Austin Our goal is to bring about individualized, systems of instruction, effective and enjoyable We want to offer an using the computer as a medium. alternative to labor-intensive, today. lock-step systems of instruction which exist To achieve this goal requires mass dissemination of CAI systems, a By this is meant a visible success talent to The task which requires a "market success". which will bring industry and government funding and professional bear on the process of widespread dissemination of effective CAI systems. CAI Lab at the University of Texas is working with the MITRE Corporation on a very serious attempt to bring this about. ware, for an integrated hardware-software We want to develop enough course- system which will be cost-effective, to make a very strong economic impact on the junior colleges. The three course areas of mathematics, English and computer science in With junior colleges occupy about 25% of the total classroom contact hours. a modest courseware development effort we feel that we can produce material equivalent to about 18% of the classroom contact hours at a junior college and replace
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