Date of Award
8-1985
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
First Advisor
Dr. Thomas Ryan
Second Advisor
Dr. Edgar Kelley
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The objective of this internship was to develop instructional development skills with microcomputers. The Office of Instructional Development at Western Michigan University agreed to provide the following opportunities: teach inservice Project EXCITE (EXpanding with Computers and Information TEchnology) Computer Literacy workshops; develop new course materials for the Continuing Literacy workshops; develop new course materials for the Continuing Education Computer Literacy workshops; develop a computerized bulletin board, and an interactive (video and microcomputer) training program demo.
The intern worked as a teaching assistant during a fifth; developed new course materials for computer literacy workshops; reviewed computer bulletin boards that operate on an Apple IIe microcomputer system and set-up one of the, for the Office of Instructional Development; helped to design, develop and produce a short inner0active video training program to be used as a model for future projects; and acquired expertise on the design, operation and maintenance of a microcomputer learning center.
Recommended Citation
Scofield, Leslie K., "A Report of an Internship at Western Michigan University in the Office of Instructional Development and Project Excite" (1985). Masters Theses. 1449.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1449