Seminar Report

1. COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION
(CMI)
JIJI SHAJI
FIRST YEAR B.Ed MATHEMATICS
MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE
PATHANAPURAM

2. COMPUTER MANAGED INSTRUCTION
• Computer managed instruction stands for the instruction managed with the help of computer technology.
• It is defined as a category of computer programme that may be used by the educators and instructors to
organize and manage data related to instruction for attaining the stipulated institutional and instructional
objectives in a most effective way.
• It is an instructional strategy whereby the computer is used to provide learning objectives, learning resources,
record keeping, progress tracking, and assessment of learner performance.
• Computer based tools and applications are used to assist the teacher or school administrator in the management
of the learner and instructional process.

3. DEFINITIONS
• BURKE(1982):“CMI is the systematic control of instruction by the computer. It is
characterized by testing, diagnostic learning, prescriptions and through record keeping.”
• LEIB(1982): “ CMI include all applications of the computer aid to the instructor in
instructional management without actually doing the teaching.
Some more definitions
• “A system which can provide administrative support to instructors for managing instructional
materials and activities.”
• “The use of computers and software to manage the instructional process.”
• “CMI is the answer to education’s difficulties with individualization.”

4. FUNCTIONS OF CMI
 Diagnosis of the entry behavior of the learners.
 Setting of instructional objectives.
 Generating instructional materials and learning experiences.
 Monitoring of progress.
 Providing remedial instructions.
 Management of information and record keeping.

5. CONT.
 Organisation of testing and evaluation programmes.
 Generating all types of reports.
 Generating individualized instructional plans.
 Availability of instructional material into curriculum units.
 Solve problems posed by incompatible software and hardware.

6. USES OF CMI IN EDUCATION
• Input and storage of student data (i.e. the test scores, activities completed , details of students )
• Input and storage of curricular data (includes objectives, test items linked to objectives, and
instructional materials or activities linked to objectives)
• Retrieval and analysis of the data relating student scores and activity to the curriculum data.
• Generation of various reports showing individual or group progress and current status.

7. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
• The materials should be designed to present the subject matter in small bits or steps to the student.
• The materials should require the student to actively respond to the subject matter by constructing or selecting
answers to questions over each step.
• The student should receive immediate feedback (or reinforcement) in the form of information about the quality of
this response.
• The student should continue at his/her own rate or pace through the instruction program.
• Telling the student what they are expected to learn by a statement of course and unit objectives.
• Requiring restudy and repeated testing until the student achieve unit mastery.

8. ADVANTAGES OF CMI
 Individualization of learning
 Expansibility of resources
 The faculties reporting device
 The tireless , unbiased device for instructional purpose
DISADVANTAGES OF CMI
 Centrality of use and raised expectations.
 The concept of predetermined learning objectives.
 The role of the instructor becomes more complicated and
difficult