The population of today’s learners can be described as being more than 25 years old, with a job and/or family responsibilities. The vast student body requires a flexible program that can accommodate job-related travel, need for a more mobile learning environment and a learning method which may be more entertaining and interactive than the traditional “stand and lecture” method. In the process of innovating with technology in the college curriculum, business schools are confronted with the issue of achieving a balance between the issues of “richness” and “reach.” While members of the faculty see an opportunity to enrich education, administrators see an opportunity to realize economies of scale. Results from this empirical study show that students perceive a face-to-face course supported by a web site to be useful in enhancing their academic performance. Almost all the students made use of the classroom lectures and web site resources and did not feel the need to stay away from lectures.
College students aspiring to be programmers must not only be adept in the language in which they wish to program but must be prepared for a programming environment characterized by on-line communication, collaborative programming and debugging using GUI, visualization tools, Internet and intranets. No student should lack the ability to use CMC tools in the world of work. While the benefits of e-mail have been demonstrated in certain college courses, a paucity of research in the area of using e-mail in progr amming courses prompted this research. This study explores the use of e-mail to facilitate communication and learning in a programming course. An analysis of the results shows support for e-mail. Ideas for integrating e-mail in a programming course are discussed.MTRODUCTION.
COBOL (common business oriented language) is a traditional third generation language that was introduced in 1959 and has been in use from then until now. Its longevity seems awesome to many.
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