Computer Based Tutorials: Cost Functions & Software Durability
C. Faye, N.W. Scott, Bill Stone · 2020
A computer-based tutorial system (UWA-CPCS) has been developed which is diagnostic, monitored and networked.At the time of writing, this system had been used in three academic years of teaching: 1995-1997.This tutorial system satisfies many common student needs and allows greatly reduced staff numbers in the classroom.The detail of the form of this system and its educational outcomes are the subject of another paper in these proceedings (Faye & Scott, "Costeffective computer-based tutorials").The purpose of this paper is to compare the costs of setting up and running the computer-based tutorial system to the costs associated with traditional tutorial methods.