Examines Telidon (a system of electronic components programed to receive, and translate into video form, electronic pulses representing pages of text and graphics stored in a central computer) and its potential impact on education. Discusses benefits: limitless information through direct computer access; individual and interactive instruction…

Through cooperation among a number of provincial agencies to facilitate centralized management, coordination, and implementation, 100 microcomputers have been placed in British Columbia public school classrooms. Project rationale, psychological barriers, inservice field support for teachers, hardware and software acquisition and testing, and…