New structures for technology-based courses

✍ Scribed by Alfred Bork

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Weight: 904 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-9287
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-9287(88)90587-0

✦ Synopsis

Here we consider new modes of course organization, made possible by the computer, the videodisc player, the 'compact disk player, and other components of modern interactive technology. Current courses were all developed before this equipment existed, so it is not surprising that they do not reflect new possibilities created by the new technology. It is likely that new forms of course organization will come into existence, courses that would not have been possible without the computer. Several new forms are explored here, including the hypercourse and the complete mastery learning cycle. These courses imply a greater degree of student control, in a variety of ways, and they emphasize a level of interaction not typically attainable today.