ABSTRACT
In Chapter 2 of Producing Instructional Systems, we discussed, in a general way, the use of computers as a means of delivering or controlling instruction. We drew up a list of modes of computer-assisted learning, indicating which of these could in general be considered ‘instruction’. We also identified the differences and the areas of overlap between the terms used in this field – computer-managed learning and instruction (CML and CMI), computer-assisted learning and instruction (CAL and CAI), computer-based learning, instruction or training (CBL, CBI, CBT, all meaning much the same as CAL/CAI to most authors, but endowed by others with slight shades of special meaning). It will be useful to review and complete the schema we presented, if only as an aid to our understanding the overall scope of the ‘field’ of computers in education and defining what this section will and will not deal with.
The ‘field’ of informatics in education
