Computer mediated learning products whether they are guided practice
exercises, tutorials, simulations, games,
hypertext, multimedia or Web
documents merely carry out the
directives (rules, programs, scripts,
mark ups) from a human tutor who
originally designed the particular
instructional or informational system and
its subject matter. A computer system
has no idea of the meanings of the
messages (.e., groups of "signs") being
sent back and forth between the tutor
and students. A computer system is a
medium which conveys those human
messages
The role of a computer based
Instructional system is to deliver
messages to learners. Those messages
originated from a human tutor who
developed the instruction Computer
systems do not understand these
messages which comprise the
instruction, student responses, and
feedback during the learning process. A
computer is merely a conduit for the
exchange of messages between student
and teacher. A computer system has no
Idea of the meanings of the messages
References
Frick, T. (1997). Artificially intelligent
tutoring systems: what computers can
and can't know Journal of Educational
Computing Research, 16(2), 107-124
Web supplement. [R&T]
References:
Frick, T. (1997). Artificially intelligent
tutoring systems: what computers can
and can't know. Journal of Educational
Computing Research, 16(2), 107-124
Web supplement. [R&T)