A study was conducted to determine how to design computer-based tools to support the design and improvement of educational systems, and whether the application of such tools could be beneficial to educators. The literature review included an analysis of: the history of educational systems, various approaches to Educational Systems Design (ESD), and the history of computer-integrated manufacturing. A model for a computer-integrated education (CIE) system was derived. Design requirements for the key component of CIE, a computer-based ESD Tool, were derived. A prototype of the ESD Tool was developed in Microsoft's Visual BASIC$\sp{\rm TM}$ during a four-round, iterative, design-experiment that included: data collection from educator informants, decisions about the design of the prototype, and development or refinement of the prototype. / The informants identified several important issues for implementation and acceptance of the ESD Tool, made numerous design suggestions, identified political issues for the ESD Tool, and identified tasks for which the ESD Tool could be helpful to educational planners, administrators, and researchers. The results support the conclusion that computer-based tools could be useful in the design and improvement of educational systems, as evidenced by the successful prototype of the ESD Tool, and responses of the informants during the study. To better substantiate this conclusion, issues are identified for further research and development of the ESD Tool and the CIE model. Reflections on the meaning of the results and the utility of the design-experiment methodology are included. Eighteen screens from three versions of the ESD Tool are depicted. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-07, Section: A, page: 2649. / Major Professor: David Salisbury. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77495 |
| Contributors | Rowley, Kurtis Wayne., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 311 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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