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The Computer EDC5370 – Day 4
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Page 1: Comput and ed

The ComputerEDC5370 – Day 4

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What is it?

• Device that receives, stores, and processes information

• Tool to augment human intellect and “increase the capability of a man to approach complex problem situation” (Engelbardt, 1962)

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What forms can it have?

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Hardware, Software?! What? Where?

• Software = Stuff you install and you can’t touch

• Hardware = Parts that you can touch

• Other Stuff = Processing, Memory, and Input/Output devices (I/O)

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POP QUIZ!

• CPU

• RAM

• Bit

• Terabyte

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Who cares?! We are EDUCATORS!

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Computers and Education

• 1700s

– Teacher is the manager of instruction

• 1940s

– Vennevar Bush

– First generation computers are created

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Computers and Education

• 1950s

– Technology in classroom = blackboard and TVs

– First gen computers are used outside academia

– GE sells first commercial computer

– Schools overcrowded

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Computers and Education

• Still in the 1950s

– NDEA (National Defense Education Act) *Vocational schools only

– New technologies for computers +new technologies for space exploration

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Computers and Education

• 1960s

– President Kennedy = more $ into education

– Vocational Act passes

– Elementary and Secondary Education Act*Computers are used for administrators & school counseling (database)

– Vocational training programs include computer maintenance

– Vietnam = $ gone

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Computers and Education

• Before 1970s

– CAI (Computer Aided Instruction)*Drill-and-practice

– First research and development program*Stanford – Computer Curriculum Corporation*Reading, math, and foreign languages

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Computers and Education

• 1970s

– Invention of Microprocessor*Increased speed + reliability + lower cost

– Debate about computers and education started.

– PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations)

– TICCIT (Time-shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled Information Television)

– 15 million PCs worldwide

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Computers and Education

• 1980s

– IBM develops PCs (Personal Computers)

– CAI get acceptance in schools

– computer-based tutorials and learning games are developed

– 25% high schools use PCs for college and career guidance

– Schools start using MS-DOS

– Laptops are created

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Computers and Education

• Part of the 1990s

– Multimedia PCs

– Simulations and educational programs are delivered through CD-ROMs

– Gopher servers = Online-Information

– Schools have at least 1 computer for instructional delivery

– To be continued…

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Doug Engelbardt “Augmenting Human Intellect:

A Conceptual Framework”

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