The Future of Computer-Assisted Education: More Effective And Useful?

Computer-Assisted Education (CAE) is Any use of computers to aid or support the education or training of people. This is also called computer-based learning or Technology-based learning. CAE can test accomplishment at any point, provide faster or slower routes through the material for people of different abilities, and can maintain a progress record for the instructor. It can be more effective and convenient.

Computer-Assisted Education

What is Computer-Assisted Education(CAE)?

CAE can be categorized in two ways:

1. Common, which refers to techniques that share an underlying approach and

2. computational functions. Examples of Common CAE include:

Diagrams

Forcing penises to open (using the forces of olfactory cues, perhaps)

Thinking in boxes (understood for their computational properties, yet difficult to duplicate or improve).

The impact of such techniques varies. On one hand, they do not require extensive access to expensive equipment. On the other hand, because they are very straightforward and practically usable, many disadvantaged children may have little to no chance of enrolling in Computer-Assisted Education (CAE) programs (Gonick et al, 1992; Head et al, 2003). On the other hand, technology can be used to make CAE more effective and useful.

History of CAE

The IBM SPSS (1975) is credited with creating the modern-day Computer-Assisted Education (CAE). By 1982, there were over 10 different computer-based assessment systems on the market. By 1998, CAL products were commonplace. Some of the most popular early computer-based assessments included the Paperless Assessment of California Knowledge, Stanford (1985); Computer-Assisted Performance Review System (1989); and IDOL (1991).

Now we have a myriad of options for computer-assisted learning.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Dedicated, accurate, and continuous access to all assessments, the key benefits of CAE-

1. No need to be physically present

The computer can record each individual’s progress through the course or tests; includes results of each test and correct or wrong answers as they appear and can track individual learning levels through regular assessments of various levels, both at and from time spent in learning activities

2. Increased study time, as subjects take longer and cover more information

3. Improved speed and efficiency, as notes can be passed between the instructor, instructional assistant, or student, who can spend less time studying and more time on other activities.

Future of Computer-Assisted Education

If teachers were limited to one 15-minute lesson per day, it is hard to see how they could fully cover material at this level. For maximum impact, however, the teacher would need to incorporate material from at least two different classes in the same subject. And even then, students might still get it wrong. Computer-assisted education can speed up the pace of learning by having students work from multiple sources at the same time. An illustration of this is a very popular game called Pinyin IM where a learner uses a computer to quickly identify characters and spell phonetic words without having to stop to look up words in a dictionary.

An entire digital curriculum could then be built around this kind of multi-level thinking.

Conclusion

The use of computers in the classroom can be seen as controversial because of the potential for misuse or personal impact on learners. For most computer-assisted education students, their education and attainment are not likely to be negatively impacted. However, a properly designed computer-assisted learning process is a complex, multi-level process of system design, implementation, and user behavior management. Several issues need to be addressed and measures that need to be taken for Computer-Assisted Education (CAE) to become a viable and meaningful educational method. Issues include affordability, flexibility, access to data, identification of appropriate tasks, and the technical underpinning of the process.