Computers and the emancipation of students: giving control to the learner

✍ Scribed by Diana Laurillard

• Book ID: 104628874
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 948 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-4277
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00120002

✦ Synopsis

The paper considers two basic models of the teaching-learning process, described as the "didactic" and the "communication" model. These are applied to Computer Assisted Leaming (CAL) in order to demonstrate that CAL has generally embodied a didactic model of teaching and learning. This imposes an unnecessary restriction on the student's freedom to choose their (Note 1) learning style, and the paper discusses how it is possible for CAL to support a less didactic model and to give more control to the student.