This book examines the philosophical, economic, and cybernetic views of knowledge, and the role of computer systems in education and as producers of knowledge. This book will help education administrators, project leaders, program coordinators, teachers and students to distinguish between forms of knowledge and the meaning and use of knowledge. It also will help to determine the main purpose of a program and whether the purpose is being achieved or not.
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"The subject of computers in education requires some philosophical distinctions between the educational goods in terms of education and the services that computers can provide to a college or university."
"In the last fifteen years, colleges and universities have spent large sums of money on computers to improve faculty productivity and increase the quality of instruction. But the key question remains, what is the impact of computers on pedagogy? Let us discuss this question and show how computers may and may not be used in a teaching/learning situation."
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Kenneth V. Lorimer is an International consultant and author in Education, Knowledge and the Computer. He received a M.Phil. and a PhD. In Cybernetics and Information Systems in the School of Engineering from Brunel University, Uxbridge, England. Dr. Lorimer was consultant to the famous PLATO system, a multimedia computer-based educational delivery system.
He has been involved in applying Cybernetic, and Artificial Intelligence techniques, and technology to teaching and education. Dr. Lorimer also is an expert in designing information system for planning and control (including cost and management systems and of network systems).
Dr. Lorimer has over two decades of experience, holding both teaching and management positions. He is President and head of the Cybernetics and Information Technology Center, and was Senior Lecturer, Visiting Professor and Professor at several major Polytechnics and Universities in England, Canada and the United States of America.
Besides his scholarly and professional activities, he practices Kendo, the Art and Philosophy of Japanese Fencing, and holds the rank 6th Dan in Kendo.
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