Instructional Computing: In Search of Better Methods for the Production of CAI Lessons

Abstract

Today, CAI lessons are being prepared mostly by educators alone or by computer professionals alone. Experience shows that while teachers alone or computer programmers alone can do the job, the resulting CAI lesson will not, on the average, be a very good product. This is reflected in the fact that the market today is full of inferior CAI products. This article considers the investigating of alternate methods and concludes that a team effort of experienced educators and highly skilled computer professionals is essential for the production of “better” CAI lessons. A model illustrating such a team effort for the development and production of high quality CAI material is presented and analyzed.