ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the instructional uses of computers in colleges and universities in the broadest sense of the term. Instructional use of computers is convenient to divide the area into three aspects. The first concerns learning about computers: how to program them, how to construct them, or how to design the languages associated with them. The second concerns the use of the computer within a variety of different courses for problem solving activity. Third, the computer is a direct aid to students in learning, in a variety of subject areas. One of the applications of computers in higher education is teaching students to program and familiarizing them with computers. The major instructional use of computers is as a problem-solving tool in courses. Problem-solving activities involving computers can occur at different levels within a course. The computer can be used as a direct aid in an interactive environment in which the student works with a time sharing terminal computer.
