Technology in the classroom

Abstract

The microcomputer has such a profound effect on teaching style that it cannot be thought of just as an aid similar to an overhead projector. It requires a totally new approach to teaching, whether this be within a formal lecture or an individual tutorial. Such a change will not be welcomed by inexperienced or unprepared staff, and will be resisted resolutely. Those staff, however, who have witnessed the enhancement of some parts of a teaching programme by the intelligent use of a microcomputer, and who are prepared to make the effort, will be well rewarded. This is not to say that the micro has applications in all subject areas to the same degree; but this degree cannot yet be stated with any clear precision, since new applications are being discovered continuously in subjects which have previously been considered immune.

Citation

Bushell, T. (1985), "Technology in the classroom", Education + Training, Vol. 27 No. 4, pp. 98-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017119