COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION

COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION

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  COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION (CMI) JIJISHAJI FIRST YEAR B.Ed MATHEMATICS MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE PATHANAPURAM
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  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.
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  DEFINITIONS • BURKE(1982):“CMI isthe 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.” • “The use of computers and software to manage the instructional process.” • “CMI is the answer to education’s difficulties with individualization.”
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  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.
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  CONT.  Organisation oftesting 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.
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  USES OF CMIIN 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.
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  THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES • Thematerials 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.
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  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