COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION
\kəmpjˈuːtəɹˈe͡ɪdɪd ɪnstɹˈʌkʃən], \kəmpjˈuːtəɹˈeɪdɪd ɪnstɹˈʌkʃən], \k_ə_m_p_j_ˈuː_t_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_d_ɪ_d ɪ_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
(CAI, or "- assisted", "- learning",CAL, Computer-Based Training CBT, "e-learning") The use ofcomputers for education and training.The programs and data used in CAI, known as "courseware", maybe supplied on media such as CD-ROM or delivered via anetwork which also enables centralised logging of studentprogress. CAI may constitute the whole or part of a course,may be done individually or in groups ("Computer SupportedCollaborative Learning", CSCL), with or without humanguidance.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).