The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 184

tJBbflif bSmno the H4-Th Post, Sunday, April 8, 1984 Electronic Classes Lacking Warmth Youngsters Need fir. NEWEST The first student recently enrolled in the first accredited college course in the United States to be taught through a home computer. Bobby Cugini registered in the bachelor of arts program at Edison State College, Trenton, N.J. He DX Fpntpn will take classes from his home in CIIIC" Astoria, N.Y. In acknowledging the impact of OF OUR FANTASTIC PRICES mm i a a mm ry Tr-y vi START FROM 1 Bedroom VA Bath From 2 Bedroom 2 Bath From $51,490 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Deluxe NOW.

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MANY WA TERFRONT SITES TO CHOOSE FROM. IN DELRAY BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Ji After you've seen them 2 a mis program, Vice President George Bush said, "The educational breakthrough that the Electronic University promises will provide education on an unprecedented scale. This affordable, personalized system.has the v- additionally attractive by-product of generating thousands of new 'jobs in the recruitment of teachers." 1 The new Electronic University system, developed by TeleLearn-ing Systems San Francisco, connects the personal computers of students with the personal computers of their instructors through telephone modems. "This means that students can be located anywhere, take real classes from live teachers, right in their own homes, right on their own computers," the company said. This "educational breakthrough" works with the Commodore 64, Apple II and the IBM PC.

Class fees range from $35 to $100. Communications costs are included in the course price. Certainly it is more convenient and a lot less expensive to take a home computer course. But is that what education, especially on the college level, is all about? What about class discussions and interaction between professors and students before and after class? Is it easier to learn by yourself while staring into a computer monitor, or is it better to be able to communicate, face-to-face with an instructor? In trying to answer some of these questions, TeleLearning suggests that the Electronic University is a real breakthrough because of the "interaction with human teachers as well as the computer." The interaction is through the computer, so there is no humanity, no pleasant smile, no encouragement, no prodding, no anything on the part of either the teacher or the student. They also suggest that it is a breakthrough because, "all the complex protocols previously necessary to gi two personal computers together have been eliminated." The computer can tell you what the teacher thought about your work, about your approach to a subject and about your progress in the course.

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