Computers: A second chance for computer-aided instruction: What networking promised but didn't deliver may be developed at the local level as hardware costs drop

The lure of computer-aided instruction (CAI) is once again being felt by those who have maintained their interest in this problem-ridden educational tool and believe that advances in the technology will give it another chance. In the late 1960s, it was supposedly going to revolutionize the learning process; the best teachers were going to write "courseware" (interactive educational computer programs) that would be nationally distributed. Students would learn rapidly and efficiently. However, reality turned out to be quite different from the dream - so far.