COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION

Seminar Report

1. COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION (CMI) JIJI SHAJI First Year B.E d Mathematics Mount Tabor Training college Pathanapuram

2. Computer managed instruction Computer managed instruction stands for the instruction managed with the help of computer technology. It is defined as a category of computer programme that may be used by the educators and instructors to organize and manage data related to instruction for attaining the stipulated institutional and instructional objectives in a most effective way. It is an instructional strategy whereby the computer is used to provide learning objectives, learning resources, record keeping, progress tracking, and assessment of learner performance. Computer based tools and applications are used to assist the teacher or school administrator in the management of the learner and instructional process.

3. definitions BURKE(1982):“ CMI is the systematic control of instruction by the computer. It is characterized by testing, diagnostic learning, prescriptions and through record keeping.” LEIB(1982): “ CMI include all applications of the computer aid to the instructor in instructional management without actually doing the teaching. Some more definitions “ A system which can provide administrative support to instructors for managing instructional materials and activities.” “T he use of computers and software to manage the instructional process.” “CMI is the answer to education’s difficulties with individualization.”

4. Functions of cmi Diagnosis of the entry behavior of the learners. Setting of instructional objectives. Generating instructional materials and learning experiences. Monitoring of progress . Providing remedial instructions. Management of information and record keeping.

5. cont. Organisation of testing and evaluation programmes . Generating all types of reports. Generating individualized instructional plans. Availability of instructional material into curriculum units. Solve problems   posed by incompatible software and hardware.

6. Uses of cmi in education Input and storage of student data (i.e. the test scores, activities completed , details of students ) Input and storage of curricular data ( includes objectives, test items linked to objectives, and instructional materials or activities linked to objectives) Retrieval and analysis of the data relating student scores and activity to the curriculum data. Generation of various reports showing individual or group progress and current status.

7. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES The materials should be designed to present the subject matter in small bits or steps to the student. The materials should require the student to actively respond to the subject matter by constructing or selecting answers to questions over each step. The student should receive immediate feedback (or reinforcement) in the form of information about the quality of this response. The student should continue at his/her own rate or pace through the instruction program. Telling the student what they are expected to learn by a statement of course and unit objectives. Requiring restudy and repeated testing until the student achieve unit mastery.

8. ADVANTAGES OF cMI Individualization of learning Expansibility of resources The faculties reporting device The tireless , unbiased device for instructional purpose DISADVANTAGES OF CMI Centrality of use and raised expectations. The concept of predetermined learning objectives. The role of the instructor becomes more complicated and difficult