Computer-Aided Instruction on the World Wide Web: The Third Generation

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 30, No. 2

Issue: Spring 1999

Pages: 163-174

Author(s): Joseph I. Daniel (University of Delaware)

Address (Principal Author):Joseph I. Daniel, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, 302-831-1913, fax: 302-831-6968

Internet Address (Principal Author):danielj@be.udel.edu

Title: Computer-Aided Instruction on the World Wide Web: The Third Generation

Abstract: This article reviews the development of Computer-Aided Instruction and provides criteria for effective CAI on the WWW. It presents an experimental CAI package ( oo_Micro!) intended to satisfy those criteria. This package integrates a textbook, mini-lecture series, graphical calculator, animated drawing program, spreadsheet, and econometrics package. It uses JAVA applets to represent microeconomic models as graphical objects that can be drawn, manipulated, and animated using the mouse.