Proceedings Of The National Educational Computing Conference Necc 1979

Author : Diana Harris
Publisher : Weeg Computing Center
ISBN 13 : 9780937114001
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of NECC/2 written by Diana Harris and published by Weeg Computing Center. This book was released on 1980 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings, which includes 52 papers and abstracts of 13 invited and nine tutorial sessions, provides an overview of the current status of computer usage in education and offers substantive forecasts for academic computing. Papers are presented under the following headings: Business--Economics, Tools and Techniques for Instruction, Computers in Humanistic Studies, Computer Literacy, Science and Engineering, Structured Programming, ACM Elementary and Secondary Schools Subcommittee, Computer Science Education, Integrating Computing into K-12 Curriculum, Mathematics, Testing-Placement, Pre-College Instructional Materials, Minority Institutions--ECMI, Computer Laboratories in Education, Computer Games in Instruction, and Computing Curricula. Abstracts are provided for 13 invited sessions dealing with such topics as microcomputers in education; research in microcomputer uses; personal computing; educational computing: past, present, and future; the Open University; CAUSE program and projects; funding academic computing programs; computer-based resource sharing; computers and instruction; improving utilization of 2-year college computer centers; teaching computer ethics; data sets available from the federal government; and MIS education, as well as nine tutorial sessions designed to provide attendees with the opportunity to expand their appreciation of and involvement in educational computing. (CHC)