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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1975.
CAREFUL PREPARATION NEEDED FOR COMPUTER LEARNING
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THE NEED FOR CAREFUL PREPARATION FOR COMPUTER LEARNING IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST RESULTS OUT OF NEW DEVICES WAS STRESSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE OPENED THE COMPUTER APPLICATION EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE.
THOROUGH PREPARATION WAS ESSENTIAL, HE POINTED OUT, SO THAT A MOOD OF HIGH EXCITEMENT DOES NOT LEAD TO MATCHING DISAPPOINTMENT.
HE SAID: THE USE OF MASS MEDIA AND COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON. THEY PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION BUT NOT NECESSARILY EASY SOLUTION. THE SOFT WARE ELEMENT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT COMPARED TO HARD WARE. THE HUMAN ELEMENT IS ALWAYS VITAL.
+THE OPEN UNIVERSITY IN BRITAIN IS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS PUT INTO TUTORIALS AND CONFERENCES AND MARKING SCRIPTS, IN ADDITION TO THE T.V. PROGRAMME.+
ALTHOUGH MR. TOPLEY DID NOT EXPECT ALL THE THINGS ON DISPLAY AT THE EXHIBITION WERE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE OF GENERAL APPLICATION IN HONG KONG RIGHT NOW, HE STATED THAT WE SHOULD, HOWEVER, BROADEN OUR MIND TO SEE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR THE FUTURE.+
ON COMPUTERIZED LEARNING THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT IF IN THE FUTURE A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF LEARNING WAS DONE THROUGH 'STUDENT TO KEYBOARD CONTACT' RATHER THAN STUDENT TO TEACHER CONCEPT', THAT EDUCATION WOULD HAVE INDEED CHANGED.
+APART FROM GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY RIGHT. WE SHOULD NEED TO PREPARE STUDENTS VERY WELL FOR THIS NEW LEARNING SITUATION,+ HE SAID.
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