.1 &COMMENT RESUME ED 148396 IR 005 573 TITLE Academic Computing Directory. A Search for Eiemplary Institutions Using Computers for- Learning and Teaching. IINSTITUTION Human Resources Research-Organization, Alexandria, Va. ' SPONS AGENCY National Science Foundation, Wash ington, D.C. PUB DATE 77'* GRANT SED-76-15399 NOTE 125p. EDRS PRICE NSF -$0.83 Plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Colleges; *Computer Assisted instruction; *Computer Oriented Programs; *Computers; *Demonstration Programs; *Directories; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; *Teaching; Universities \ABSTRACT' This directory identifies some of the schools, colleges, and universities that successfully use computers for learning and teaching in' the United States-. It was compiled to help teadherp,-administratOrs, computer center, vorkers,,and-other--,---,- educators exchange information, ideas, programs, and courses. Individuals listed kscontacts are willing,to share their knowledge with others. Nineti-four elementary and seCondary schools, 71 public school districtipkcommunity Colleges; 158 private and public* Colleges and.universitiosi.:and. seven public access' institution's are listed. Entr4,,fasrei a#4 !ngeil geqgraphically by state for each type,of institution;:ana'includ-kiOlogs;atiOn on reasons for inclusion, enrcilIment'; 4*ers; ilf4Stitilid'appliCations, computers, terminals, publicinformationdia,./Conet=1 A list of exemplary institutions At aCademic.,zeOmplitipi4taGhed.:(AUthor/KP) ' ",,,+ ),'; ' I , .1*./ ,r; ,zz**#******************************************************************** 1- *- Documehts acquired byERIC include many ingormal unpublished * materials not, available from other sources. 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The work ofgtathering- institution names and directory information was partially supported by the National,Science Foundation, Grant No. SED 76-15399, Dr. Robert J. Seidel, Principal Investigator, anti Beverly Hunter, Co-Principal Investigator. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do'not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The development, prepa- ration, and production of this Directory was solely supported financially by HumRRO. All the individuals listed as "contacts" in this Directory generously con- ',tributed their knowledge and dine, in, order to help prepare the Directory entries. ° The following individuals froth HumRRO's Eastern Division participated in gatheriinformation, preparing Directory entries, editipg, proofreading, and the othe activities'netessary to preparing this Directory: Robert J. Seidel, Ph.D. Marilyn Knetsch Beverly C. Hunter Stephen Pierce Carol Hargan . Dana Krochmal Alice Thompson David Goldhaber We are grateful to Dr. SaulIlavisky, Executive Officer,' for his assistance , in furthering this project. 41, 0 z 4 1 se Table' of Contents , Page introduction Vii Definition of Directory Entry Items - 1 IX Colleges/Universities Directory Entries 1 Community Colleges Directory Entries 51v , 0 ( Elementary/Secondiry Directory Entries /65 . Tear Sheet for Nominating Institutions, 115. Directory Ordering Cards 117 O a a 3 f A k V A . a a z J. ' . ' 1 INTRODUCTION This Directory identifies some of the, schools, colleges, and universities that success- fully use computers for learning and_teaching in the United States. The purpose of the Directory is to help teachers,- administrators, computer center people, and other educators to exchange informatibn, ideas, programs and courses. All of the people listed as '`contacts" in this directory have generously agreed to share their knowledge and experience with others who need to learn. In this way, the Directory encourages growth of the inforr,nal network of educators who are helping each other toearn and to teach; -witi: he computer and about the computer. StudentS and teacherst the e schools and colleges'are using computers in many . different ways in the learni/tea hing process.' A few examples include data processing training, remedial reading and mathematics drills, physics and chemistry laboratory simu- lations, computer-generated art and music, social science data bases and statistical analysis, engineering computatioris; engineering design aids, and'business games. Many students in all fields of study' are becoming computer literate citizens. Achieving the benefits of academic comPuting at acceptable cost levels requires a great deal of knowledge and experience in organization, Staffing, faculty training, curricu- lum, hardware, software, budgeting, and politics. One of the shortcuts to acquiring such, _expertise is by learning from those who have been there. Institutions Included and Excluded The Directory identifies 94 elementary and secondary schools, 71 public school districts, 37 community colleges, 158 private anttpublic colleges and universities, and 7 institutions we call "public access." Public Access institutions provide instructional computing through museums or community and vocational centers. The Directory does not list professional schools, military schools or industry traning programs. The Directory does not list computer service organizations, such as timesharing companies or educational networks. The Directory does not list projects 'skich as curriculum development centers. The Search Many eligible institutions are not listed in this edition of the Directory., The reader can participate in the search for institutions.Fill ouA the nomination form in the back of this book and send it to HumtRO. Current plans call updating the Directory next year. The institutions you nominate will be-contacted and, if they agree, will be included, in the next edition of this Directory. Please do not hesitate to nominate your own institution! To find the 370 institutions listed in this Directory, we conducted. a mail survey in excess of 7000 educators and technologists from all States and Puerto Rico. We Mailed a package of information.and nomination forms td 3,500 persons on the mailing lists of the Asiociation for DevelOpment of Computer-Based Instructional Systems (ADCIS), and'the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS). About 3,500 other packages were mailed to members of the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Uses in Education (SigCUE), Direct rs of college and university academic coMputint center's, Chairpersons of bOrnputer sc nce . , VII O 5 and data processing departments, and principals of high schools identified in Anearlier study.'Announcements were published in NEA NOW, THEVournal (TechnologiCal Horizbns in Education), and Educational Technology Magazine. -About 600 persons responded to our inquiry. These persons were from the computer industry, computer center personnel, administrators of educational institutions, faculty, and educational corlsultants. A hundred or so nominations were for organizations such as networks, computer gervice,companies, pr curriculum projects.For example, we received ten nominations for TIES network in Minnesota. In these cases, we calledthe organizations nominated and asked them in turn to nominate specific schools -or colleges that use their network. Self- nominations, were encouraged. The majority of the nomi- nations weretrom people who knew' the school by reputation or personal contact. Diredtory Information . We 'telephoned at least one person at each nominated institution to ascertain the appropriate contact to list in the Directory. -The person-listed as the contact generally has the broa:dest purview of academic computing at his/her institution.In a telephOne interview with this person, we gathered the items of information found in thig Directory. then sent a proof copy of the directory entry to each institution contact, requesting _ ve lication of the information. Reasons for Nomination A unique feature to the Directory is that we asked the nominators to identify-reasons why educators at other similar instftutiong' might want to know about the nominated institution. Hundreds of different reasons were given. They fall into several broad cate- gories as-follows: 4. Category The institution hat I Student Accomplishments ...documented evidence.of student's accomplishments. - \ II Institution Productivity .dlicanented evidence of increases in produc- tivity opitie institution. III Spectrum of Applications . widevariety of computeraiiplicationsAa spectrum of subject *areas and courses. .IV Computing Literacy'\ .:Program, goal, or c1-,Airse of study .aimed at providing knoOledge, skills, values, attitudes toward computers and their.uses and impact. _ V Computer Science and/o DataProcessing *.... anoutstanding.program of studies in computer Curricula