The Role of the Computer in Learning

The computer is a tool, of itself incapable of action. It has no inborn wisdom, no mind of its own, no initiative, and no inherent ability to learn or teach. It will perform, with remarkable speed, exactly the instructions given to it by a human user. These instructions can be typed into the computer from a keyboard, or can be assenbled in computer programs, wich consist of series of instructions for the computer to execute. The computer is a servant. Its role in education is that of a medium. Far from threatening the teacher's position, it is totally dependent on the teacher in many ways.