Computer Based Training

Abstract

Computer Based Training (CBT) (or Computer Aided Learning (CAL) — see below for some useful definitions) has been slow to develop both in education and in commerce and industry, because of the level of programming skills required for the authoring of effective material and the resource costs involved in the production of materials which usually have a narrow application and no commercial viability. Increasingly, however, useful CBT authoring languages/systems are becoming available for a wide range of mainframe, mini and microcomputers. These include relatively inexpensive systems running on IBM PCs and even BBC microcomputers; and providing their limitations can be tolerated, they can make it possible for teachers and trainers to author their own courseware in an efficient and cost‐effective way.

Citation

James, D. (1987), "Computer Based Training", Education + Training, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 11-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017321