5.1 The "Learning Material"

The CBT view:

• Programmed Instruction
  (little step by step transfer of content)

• Computer Assisted Instruction
  (Drills & Tutorials)

• Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction
  (ITS Tutorials)

• Computer Based Learning
  (Simulations, Hypertext & Microworlds)

• Intelligent Learning Environments
  (Microworlds + tutors, helpers, experts)

• Cognitive Learning Support Environments
  (some hypertexts)

• Knowledge Construction Environments

• Courseware = optimize access to edu "information"
  • via an appropriate interface and structuring of the material

• implementation of instructional strategies,
  • i.e. sequencing of teaching materials

• implementation of instructional tactics, e.g.:
  • giving examples

  • multiple choice questions

  • asking the student to perform a task, etc.

  • telling what learning strategy to adopt with some material

• Learning material contains what has to be learned in a very broad sense (e.g. knowing what, knowing how).
  • It can be computational in various ways (exploratory hypertext, lesson & task oriented hypertext, simulation software, task solving environments, etc.)

1. Educational Hypermedia (NOT easy!)
   • Hypertext

   • on-line text-books

   • "museums"

   • multi-media data

   • manuals

   • ....

• hint: Use the same source for both!