Interactive Video Computer Learning in Physics

Abstract

The University of Utah's Video Computer Learning Project's learning system consists of a Terak 8510a interfaced to a Discovision PR-7820 videodisc player. An essential part of the system is the Video Computer Authoring System which provides instructions written in ordinary English for implementing and editing course materials. Such materials contain computer-generated text and graphics and video segments. The computer and video screens provide a workspace in which the student performs a variety of operations. With the freeze-frame, slow motion forward and reverse, and random access frame addressing capabilities of the videodisc added to those of the microcomputer, the student has significant power over his learning environment. Course materials are self-paced and mastery oriented as well as highly interactive.