Acknowledgments

This report is one of a series from a project entitled Case Studies in Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of Mediated Instruction and Distributed Learning. The project is funded through a Field-Initiated Studies Educational Research Grant by the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education with additional funding provided by Information Resources and Technology in the Chancellor's Office of the California State University. The project is jointly sponsored by the California State University, the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of EDUCOM, and the State Higher Education Executive Officers.

The project director gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of Michael Ribaudo, University Dean, City University of New York, and Colette Wagner, Director of Education, Training, and Staff Development, CUNY Office of Computing and Information Services, in identifying this case study and, in particular, the support and assistance of George Otte, the Director of Writing Programs at Baruch College and coordinator for the case study. George provided the data on student performance in Table 1 as well as comments on the interpretation of the exam scores and an abstract of an article describing how the courseware was used in an earlier basic English course. He and Steve Rappaport also provided valuable editorial comments on the entire study.

Support, assistance, and advice were also provided by members of the project's Steering, Review, and Oversight Committee: Tony Bates, Director of Distance Education and Technology, University of British Columbia; Dennis Jones, President of NCHEMS; Jim Mingle, Executive Director of SHEEO; and Tom West, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Resources and Technology, CSU Chancellor's Office.

Table of Contents

 

Summary, Findings, and Conclusions

 

Background and Context

 

Benefits of DAEDALUS

Student Learning Outcomes

Student Persistence

Institutional Renewal

 

Cost Estimates

 

Appendix A: Abstract on Teaching Writing with Computers, using example of Interchange exercise