This might help you on the following topics:
1. Community education
2. New technologies for community education.
3. Implications of the new technologies in educating the community.
4. Telecommunications, teleconferencing and tele- computing.
5. Terms related to computers.
3. Computer
A computer is a programmable
machine.
The two principal characteristics of a
computer are:
◦ it responds to a specific set of instructions
in a well-defined manner;
◦ it can execute a prerecorded list of
instructions (a program).
4. Modern Computers Defined Modern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery -- wires,
transistors, and circuits -- is called hardware; the instructions and data are called
software.
All general-purpose computers require the following hardware components:
Memory enables a computer to store, at least temporarily, data and programs.
Mass Storage Device allows a computer to permanently retain large amounts of
data. Common mass storage devices include disk drives and tape drives.
Input Device usually a keyboard and mouse, the input device is the conduit
through which data and instructions enter a computer.
Output Device a display screen,
Printer or other device that lets you see what the computer has accomplished.
Central Processing Unit (CPU) The "brain" of all computers and console
systems. The CPU is like a manager or boss. They tell what the other
components of the system should be doing at a given moment.
5. COMPUTERS
used as teaching aids to help individuals to learn. They serve
to access information for learning, as well as to promote the
formation of new ideas.
students can be assisted in writing, graphing, idea generating,
word processing, and applying managerial principles to
problem solving and research.
can now be programmed to be interactive.
Learners can proceed at their own pace, skip ahead, or review.
For the uneducated, non-traditional and reentry students, computers
allow individual learning in an environment where they can avoid
embarrassment, track their own progress, and engage in drill and
practice until they are competent.
student get a variety of responses by way of animation, graphics, and
audio.
beneficial to instruction are computer learning in mathematics,
computational skills, basic reading skills, and general education.
lend itself to positive attitudes toward learning such as by way
on increased motivation and improved self esteem among
learners.
Used as enhancements to traditional instruction.
12. A local area network
(LAN) is a group of
computers that are
connected together in a
localized area to
communicate with one
another and share
resources such as
printers.
13. The videodisc when
linked with the
computer can allow
access to scenes or
segments useful to a
topic being studied.
The videodisc
produces full-color
pictures and a sound
track. Text, graphics,
photos, slides and
films can also be
combined in a single
medium.
Videodisc
14. Telecommunications
It is the transmission and
reception of messages
over long distance. It
allows the transfer of the
spoken and written word
to anyone, anywhere, at
anytime. With the advent
of fiber-optic technology,
current transmission
capabilities consist in a
billion bits of information
per second.
15. It is designed as a
substitute for face-to-
face meetings and
travel. It can transmit
voices, at times
images, and allows for
instruction at off-
campus locations.
Teleconferencing
16. It is the use of the
classroom
computer to search
through data base
information
sources and to get
topic information.
Telecomputing
17. Implications of the New Technologies
o Methods and content of instruction, both
supplementing and changing the relationship
between the teacher and the learner.
o Have the potential of broadening the gap between
haves and have-nots in society and throughout the
world.
o Have freed many individuals to enjoy their leisure
and to work at home in a distraction-free
environment.
o Most educational services are foreseen to be
delivered electronically by teleconferencing, cable
and satellite television, computer networks and other