World Conference on Computers in Education VI : WCCE '95, liberating the learner : proceedings of the sixth IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education, 1995

In this book about a hundred papers are presented. These were selected from over 450 papers submitted to WCCE95. The papers are of high quality and cover many aspects of computers in education. Within the overall theme of "Liberating the learner" the papers cover the following main conference themes: Accreditation, Artificial Intelligence, Costing, Developing Countries, Distance Learning, Equity Issues, Evaluation (Formative and Summative), Flexible Learning, Implications, Informatics as Study Topic, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Integration, Knowledge as a Resource, Learner Centred Learning, Methodologies, National Policies, Resources, Social Issues, Software, Teacher Education, Tutoring, Visions. Also included are papers from the chairpersons of the six IFIP Working Groups on education (elementary/primary education, secondary education, university education, vocational education and training, research on educational applications and distance learning). In these papers the work in the groups is explained and a basis is given for the work of Professional Groups during the world conference. In the Professional Groups experts share their experience and expertise with other expert practitioners and contribute to a postconference report which will determine future actions of IFIP with respect to education. J. David Tinsley J. van Weert Tom Editors Acknowledgement The editors wish to thank Deryn Watson of Kings College London for organizing the paper reviewing process. The editors also wish to thank the School of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of the Catholic University of Nijmegen for its support in the production of this document. Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 IFIP Working Group 3.1: towards integration of computers into education....Pages 3-12 IFIP Working Group 3.2: the place of computing in higher education....Pages 13-21 IFIP Working Group 3.3: applications of computer related technology; are we making progress?....Pages 23-28 IFIP Working Group 3.4: training and education of information technology professionals....Pages 29-33 IFIP Working Group 3.5: using computers to support young learners....Pages 35-42 IFIP Working Group 3.6: distance learning, activities and plans for the future....Pages 43-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 A two-phased development shell for learning environments: a design proposal....Pages 53-65 A combined knowledge and hypermedia system to attain educational objectives....Pages 67-74 Two-level learner modelling in the tutoring of declarative knowledge based problem solving....Pages 75-85 An application of fuzzy logic to student modelling....Pages 87-96 Knowledge transfer when learning a second programming language....Pages 97-106 A prototype design for an expert system to identify pupils’ misconceptions in science....Pages 107-118 Domain oriented modelling: a balance between simulation and programming....Pages 119-126 Expert design knowledge: a case study in dental education....Pages 127-136 Front Matter....Pages 137-137 A rigorous framework for measuring development productivity and estimating the effort of multimedia courseware....Pages 139-149 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 Attitudes towards using computers among Malaysian teacher education students....Pages 153-162 Computer education in developing countries: the Sudan case....Pages 163-171 Children’s potential for controlling their own learning while solving problems with an ‘idea organiser’....Pages 173-182 Computer based environmental studies in Lithuania....Pages 183-191 Uganda’s schools: do these need computers?....Pages 193-201 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 A national strategy introducing educational computing in primary schools in Chile....Pages 203-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Cooperating school classes....Pages 215-223 Multimedia documents: towards a new paradigm for instructional technology....Pages 225-234 Enhancing traditional university science teaching using the World Wide Web....Pages 235-242 Categorizing distance learning systems: discovering successful ingredients....Pages 243-249 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 The effects of age on gender stereotyping of computing....Pages 253-261 Attracting girls to information technology....Pages 263-270 Front Matter....Pages 271-271 The use of direct manipulation in educational software design....Pages 273-282 Learning from experience: approaching the research of CD-ROM in schools....Pages 283-291 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 What context for liberated computer assisted language learning?....Pages 295-303 Flexible assignment submission in distance learning....Pages 305-315 Computer based teaching and learning in statistics....Pages 317-325 The introduction of an information technology project: personal computing in the classroom....Pages 327-336 Computer mediated collaborative writing in higher education: enriched communication support using voice annotations....Pages 337-347 Hypermedia for open and flexible learning....Pages 349-361 Science education by way of the ‘ultimate electronic field trip’....Pages 363-373 Nonprogramming laboratory assignments for the introductory AI course using the FLAIR system....Pages 375-385 Quality learning through computer conferencing....Pages 387-394 Front Matter....Pages 395-395 The ’social’ machine: the computer as a participant in social and cognitive interactions within the classroom....Pages 397-405 Front Matter....Pages 407-407 Computers in secondary school: analysis of student attitudes....Pages 409-418 Front Matter....Pages 407-407 Information technology capability—how does it develop?....Pages 419-427 GiPHouse, a professional student software house....Pages 429-439 Experiences in teaching team software design....Pages 441-451 Visual programming: an educational experience....Pages 453-465 Logic in first courses for computer science majors....Pages 467-477 Reflections of a computer scientist for teachers and teacher educators....Pages 479-486 Computer based environmental education as a mutual challenge....Pages 487-494 Computer science/informatics: the study of the Information World....Pages 495-503 Front Matter....Pages 505-505 Future directions for research on information technology and educational management....Pages 507-516 Open architecture environment for control engineering education....Pages 517-530 Updating train-the-trainer activities: an action research study....Pages 531-541 Children and electronic media: the home-school connection....Pages 543-552 Introducing spatial information systems into schools: a curriculum project....Pages 553-563 The delivery of Information Technology capability in secondary schools in England and Wales....Pages 565-575 Front Matter....Pages 577-577 Executive Information Systems in school management: a research perspective....Pages 579-588 Teaching and learning with telecommunications: issues for schools and professional development....Pages 589-599 Front Matter....Pages 601-601 Why everyone should know how to program a computer....Pages 603-612 E-discourse in education....Pages 613-621 Breaking down the barriers: an architecture for developing and delivering resource based learning materials....Pages 623-634 Laptops which talk: liberating dyslexic learners....Pages 635-643 Front Matter....Pages 601-601 Portability as a catalyst for cross-curricular Information Technology permeation....Pages 645-653 Can you balance the equation: effective implementation + school change = integrated technology tools?....Pages 655-665 Front Matter....Pages 667-667 Computing and the understanding of text....Pages 669-677 Front Matter....Pages 679-679 Computers and the primary curriculum: an action research case study....Pages 681-691 Technology and learning: computer mediated communication between deaf children....Pages 693-701 Community collaboration to develop active learning environments in school libraries through telecommunications....Pages 703-711 Bytes for Belfast: personal development for young people in disadvantaged areas through information technology....Pages 713-721 Starting learning with computer controlled models....Pages 723-732 Learner modelling by expert teachers: learner information space and the minimal learner model....Pages 733-742 Outback Oz: a study of one learner’s journey of liberation with the help of a portable computer....Pages 743-752 Designing software for cognitive change: StatPlay and understanding statistics....Pages 753-765 Contest-Kid: a competitive distributed social learning environment....Pages 767-776 Front Matter....Pages 777-777 From concept to delivery: a new tool for courseware developers....Pages 779-789 What if pedagogues specified educational software?....Pages 791-803 Exploring mathematics with image processing....Pages 805-814 A systemic approach to courseware engineering....Pages 815-827 Experimental curriculum of informatics for 11 year old children....Pages 829-841 Learning mathematics with CAS....Pages 843-851 Front Matter....Pages 853-853 Ten years of information technology policy in Norwegian education....Pages 855-862 Lessons from a decade of policies for stimulating computer use in the Netherlands....Pages 863-869 Front Matter....Pages 853-853 Computers, telecommunications and Western culture....Pages 871-878 The impact of our questions on Information Technology policy and practice....Pages 879-884 Front Matter....Pages 885-885 Hypermedia authoring in the classroom: but what is required to make it really creative?....Pages 887-897 STILE: the growth of a flexible, interdisciplinary resource base for open learning....Pages 899-906 Front Matter....Pages 907-907 Findings from the Young Children’s Computer Inventory Project....Pages 909-920 Ethics: the neglected factor in computing education....Pages 921-928 Collaborative learning: teaching ethical theory in a computerized, case study format....Pages 929-937 Front Matter....Pages 939-939 SIM-BEST: integrated tools for developing computer based educational simulation programs....Pages 941-951 Logic programming: a tool for development of educational systems....Pages 953-962 Computer simulated laboratory experiments and computer games: a designer’s analysis....Pages 963-973 Children and computer modelling: making worlds with WorldMaker....Pages 975-985 Hypermedia for mathematics: authoring courses with HMLE....Pages 987-997 Creating and using a computer debt simulation model for teaching the economics of developing countries....Pages 999-1009 Human-computer interface for educational software: an electronic communications software implementation....Pages 1011-1020 Front Matter....Pages 1021-1021 Breaking with tradition in mathematics education: experiences of Turkish student teachers within a Logo-mathematics environment....Pages 1023-1031 Involving the school teacher in liberating the learner from traditional school culture....Pages 1033-1043 Technology preparation for preservice teachers: do they feel prepared for 21st century classrooms?....Pages 1045-1055 Computers and learning in primary schools: a case study in teacher development....Pages 1057-1067 Technology tools and the Curie Internet delivery system....Pages 1069-1078 Constructing staff development and educational change....Pages 1079-1087 Front Matter....Pages 1021-1021 Preservice teacher education in Information Technology: a critical perspective....Pages 1089-1097 Front Matter....Pages 1099-1099 Research and practice of CAI in Chinese basic education....Pages 1101-1109 Fostering mathematical thinking through gradual progression Computer Assisted Instruction....Pages 1111-1117 Front Matter....Pages 1119-1119 Realizing a vision?....Pages 1121-1128 Back Matter....Pages 1129-1135