Just some FYI's:



>Then too, there is the guy who wrote Engines for Education. I'll have his
>name shortly. He runs the Institute for the Learning Sciences out of
>Northwestern University in Illinois. Roger Schank.

Roger has left Northwestern and has just joined Carnegie Mellon University.

>
>One of his associates developed Sickle Cell Counsellor as a rich learning
>environment. It's on permanent exhibit at the SF Exploratorium and again,
>I highly recommend trying it out. The folks there were astonished by the
>length of time it captured folks. Instead of the usual one minute, more or
>less, it captures visitors for half an hour or more. I tried it out and
>now know a lot about the subject despite my experience being years old.

This was Ben Bell's dissertation work.

>
>Another school use of computers is as a *minor* tool. That is, the culture
>and the educational goals are far more relevant than the details of the
>supporting computer software. CSILE, the computer supported intentional
>learning environment, is one such tool. It lets students build a hyper-
>text (including drawings) of questions, answers, and other comments about
>whatever subject is under study.

CSILE is the brainchild of Marlene Scardamalia and Carl Bereiter at 
the Ontario Institute for Studies on Education (OISE) at U. Toronto.


Mark

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