ABSTRACT
This chapter looks into a computer classroom life at a British college of further and higher education, and to assess how computers affect it. Four classrooms were visited. Each involved instruction in computer skills which would be used on the job. Delays in getting a response from the computer engender irritation. Some students sit, arms folded or chin on hand, before the screen. Human interventions might be described as attempts to restore the user’s control over the technology; the programmed computer mediates human interactions. The computer package which students in this class use was developed by the lecturer and their assignment is to adapt it for people who are less intelligent. In brief, it seems that the computer may be a powerful force in limiting educational experiences in further education and ultimately in constraining computer job satisfaction as well as mobility. Significant features of computer classroom’s social dynamic noted in Howard’s class were very evident.
