Following the recommendations of an external consultant, the nursing program and the division of research and evaluation at the Alberta Vocational Centre, Edmonton, designed and implemented pilot projects to test the Control Data PLATO system and PLATO Learning Management (PLM) software for computer-managed learning (CML) in the nursing assistant program. Positive results from the pilot tests of 11 students and observation of the September 1986 class led to application of PLATO CML with all subsequent regular and refresher students in the nursing assistant program in the 1986-87 academic year. Conclusions of the implementation project were as follows: (1) training and scheduling of nursing assistant program students was effectively and efficiently performed; (2) staff training made instructors comfortable with CML and capable of functioning as instructors in the PLATO environment; (3) the student schedule of four hours of PLATO access per day, while adequate, was perceived as too constraining by some students--evening hours were suggested; (4) present posttests were adequate, but expansion of the item bank by one-third was recommended; (5) students were quickly capable of using the PLATO system effectively and reported finding PLATO a useful and enjoyable experience; (6) incorporation of CML resulted in actual cost savings of one-third to one-half over manual, instructor-managed systems for onsite delivery of the program; and (7) the results of the CML project showed great promise for future expansion and extension to distance education. (The 30-page evaluation report is followed by the CML evaluation plan, terminal requirements, and checklist; learner's and instructor's versions of an orientation to CML module; and the pre- and posttest computer adaptation scale, with a table of results.) (KC)