hopper, 1993 [3, abstract, overview, toc, switchboard, references]

3.1 Educational Goals

The first focus of attention within these endeavors was upon the educational goals and objectives which are set down for the project. Each project in this study emphasized one or more predominating discipline oriented themes through their goals. Flowing from these were attempts to employ various forms of computer based representations to improve what would normally be done in a traditional academic situations. Participants from successful courseware projects appeared to maintain a focus on their educational goals and made conscious efforts to employ technology in appropriate ways to meet goals which were not easily met through more traditional means.
 
The most apparent commonality across projects choice of goals was a concern for the match between the type of software and the way in which it would be used. The leaders of the projects were very careful to be sure that in their enthusiasm for the technology, they did not overlook the quality of the educational experience they provided, and did not use technology where traditional methods would have sufficed equally well.
 
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