Browsing by Author "Miller, Mary Guy"

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    Faculty Computer Literacy Project Final Report
    Lee, John A. N.; Miller, Mary Guy (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1984)
    The emergence of computing as one of the fundamental disciplines threatens to overwhelm our future leaders unless some actions are taken immediately to provide a measure of literacy in the field to the student population now in the Universities of the country. A number of barriers to this exist; (1) there does not exist an accepted curriculum for computer literacy and literacy is often confused with programming language knowledge, (2) the faculty and equipment resources cannot be provided through computer science departments without enormous infusions of money and time, and (3) there do not exist qualified faculty in the "PhD pipeline" to staff such a program even if salaries could be made competitive with industry.
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    An in-depth descriptive case study of the development of 5 A Day Adventures, the CD-ROM
    Miller, Mary Guy (Virginia Tech, 1996)
    The development of multimedia based educational materials have experienced major growth in the past three years. While many models of instructional development exist, most are narrowly focused and are rarely illustrated with actual project development. This dissertation addresses the development of 5 A Day Adventures, a multimedia CD-ROM based product. This study provides details on the design decisions as documented in the historical records with supplementation of personal knowledge of the development of the program. The study includes data regarding the identification of program objectives, instructional design strategies, formative evaluation, and implementation.