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A Practical Introduction to Authoring for Computer‐Assisted Instruction. Part 4: STAF
Author(s) -
Barker P G,
Wilford J
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1985.tb00486.x
Subject(s) - computer science , variety (cybernetics) , strengths and weaknesses , computer assisted instruction , instructional design , multimedia , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , psychology , social psychology
STAF is an authoring facility that was developed primarily to aid the teaching of science‐based subjects. Since its development it has been used for the production of courseware that embodies a variety of different instructional strategies. This paper provides an overview of STAF, outlines some of its strengths and weaknesses as an author language and then describes some current areas of computer‐based teaching in which it is used.