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ERIC Number: EJ334764
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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PLATO across the Curriculum: An Evaluation of a Project.
Freer, David
Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, v23 n1 p70-75 Feb 1986
A project at the University of Witwatersrand examined the implications of introducing a centrally controlled system of computer-based learning in which 13 university departments utilized PLATO to supplement teaching programs and encourage computer literacy. Department project descriptions and project evaluations (which reported positive student and staff attitudes) are summarized. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Departments, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Input Output Devices, Networks, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Use Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Instructional Effectiveness; Mainframe Computers; PLATO; University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)