Guide to the Stanford University, Academic Computing and Information Services, Academic Software Development Collection SC0589

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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Academic Computing and Information Services, academic software development collection
creator: Stanford University. Academic Computing and Information Services
creator: Stanford University. Faculty Author Development Program
Identifier/Call Number: SC0589
Physical Description: 15 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1984-1995

Scope and Content

This collection pertains primarily to the Faculty Author Development Project (1984-1986), which sought to encourage Stanford professors to develop courseware on microcomputers. Instruction and Research Information Systems, the division of ACIS that managed the Project, provided equipment and programming support to faculty.
The collection consists largely of binders containing programming instructions, handbooks, manuals, computer disks, and other materials on the final projects. Some examples of the courseware are a theater staging simulation, a simulation of economic and social life in 17th century France, an economics tutorial, and physics simulations. The collection also includes copies of academic software published by Intellimation (1990) and by Kinko's Academic Courseware Exchange (1984-1986).

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], Stanford University, Academic Computing and Information Services, Academic Software Development Collection (SC0589). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Administrative transfers, 1999-2000.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Access Restrictions

The materials are open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

The Faculty Authoring Development Program (FAD) and Courseware Authoring Tools Project (CAT) were courseware development initiatives at Stanford University during the years 1984-1990s. Several dozen teaching applications were created including tutorials in economics, drama simulations, thermodynamics lessons, and historical and anthropological role-playing games.
In 1984 FAD began by asking professors to propose projects for teaching with microcomputers. It then awarded programming support for six months or a year to several faculty. In 1987 in a new project, the Courseware Authoring Tools Project, end-user authoring systems for creating teaching applications were developed. Faculty used these authoring tools to create their own applications with a reduced level of support. A multimedia lab was also started at this time to author videodisc-based applications. The effort was started by Michael Carter, director of Stanford's Instruction and Research Information Systems group, and managed by Barbara Jasinski. Applications were distributed on floppy-discs with assistance from the Apple University Consortium through Kinko's copy centers.
The TheaterGame was a 2.5D Theater staging simulation, running on a 512K Apple Macintosh computer. Using it, students design an Elizabethan stage and then direct a play by moving characters and changing their body positions on the stage. Students record scenes synchronized to their audio recording of the play and then replay their work for the full class audience. The Shakespeare Project was a videodisc-based tutorial that used theater techniques in interactions such as writing the subtext for multiple versions of the same scene as played by different theater companies. It was distributed through Apple Computer as part of its multimedia marketing effort. Authored by Prof. Larry Friedlander, assisted by Charles Kerns, with graphics by Marge Boots.
The Would-be Gentleman was a role-playing game, modeling the economic and social life of a French bourgeois during the life of Louis XIV of France (1638-1715). In the game, the player makes decisions about investing income, planning marriages and estates, and seeking influence with powerful figures. The game starts when the player is told that his father died and left him a small amount of cash and land. The student then decides how to invest his resources. Historical and personal events are inter-related in the game. The real challenge is keeping one's social and economic status in balance. If successful the player will archive a high court position and riches. Authored by Prof. Carolyn Lougee and Michael Carter for the 512K Macintosh computer.
The Rankine Cycle and Brayton Cycle, two thermodynamics simulations and tutorials, in which students manipulated variables for steam and jet engines to affect power output. Authored by Prof. Robert Eustis for a 512K Mac. Later released as ThermoWare in 1990 by the Stanford Mechanical Engineering Department.
The Computer-aided Tutorial in Economics was a set of interactive lessons for an introduction to economics course. Students played the role of consumer, producer, and policy maker to learn about the forces that drive different parts of the economy. During the tutorial, students responded to questions and interpreted graphs. Authored by Prof. Michael Boskin for an IBM PC XT with 320K memory.
Tarski's World Tarski's World is a 3-D block world in which students use the symbolic language of first-order logic. Turing's World is a simulation of a simple computer, a Turing machine, one of the key abstractions used in modern computability theory to study what computers can and cannot do. Currently published by the Center for the Study of Language and Information and distributed by Cambridge University Press. Authored by Profs. Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy.
Mogul, a role-playing game for learning the history of cinema in the U.S., in which the player helps Adolph Zukor run nickelodeons and start a movie production company. In one activity the player views and books early movies for theaters and has his position in the company affected by theater profits. Authored by Prof Henry Breitrose
Alias, a role-playing game authoring tool, written in Hypercard by Brodie Lockard.
American Sign Language, a tutorial and visual dictionary; Heat Exchange in Animals; Chemotherapy Simulation for practicing administration of drugs and monitoring vital signs; The Drama Image Archive, a large set of still images accessed on a videodisc controlled by a Macintosh computer, Science for Living, a set of tutorials and simulations teaching about the heart and circulatory system; a SuperCard version of A La Rencontre de Philippe, a French language exploratory world original developed at MIT's Project Athena for workstations; Physics Simulations.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Education -- Computer programs.
Computer-assisted instruction.
Stanford University. Academic Computing and Information Services
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Curricula.;
Stanford University. Faculty Author Development Program

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The TheaterGame 1-Oct-86

The TheaterGame

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Turing's World 9-Sep-86

Turing's World

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Tarski's World May 1986

Tarski's World

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Faculty Author Development Program, Oct-86

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Agreement with Project Athena: Philippe

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The Would-Be Gentleman 30-Oct-86

The Would-Be Gentleman

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The Would-Be Generation 30-Oct-86

The Would-Be Gentleman

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Hyper Card Academic Training, 1-Dec-87

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IS + Mac Pass Training Course, Oct-93

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Mathmatica, Nov-92

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Stanford Humanities Disc (edited master) 2.1 July 20, 1990

Physical Description: 1 videotape reel(s)
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Shakespeare Project 3.1 21-Nov-91

Physical Description: 1 videotape reel(s)
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Stanford Humanities Disc, Protection Master, 3.2 July 20, 1990

Physical Description: 1 videotape reel(s)
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American Sign Language, undated

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Shakespeare Project 3.4 1991-11-21

Physical Description: 1 videotape reel(s)
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Single frame slide: Stanford Theatre Dept., 3.5 undated

Physical Description: 1 videotape reel(s)
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American Sign Language: edit sub, undated

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Chemotherapy simulation, 22-Aug-86

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Economics tutorial I, 30-Sep-86

Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics

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Economics tutorial II, 30-Sep-86

Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics

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The Shakespeare Project 4.1 Oct-86

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
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Shogai videodisc (premaster) 4.2

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
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Paris Theatre 4.3 July 23, 1993

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (betacam-sp)
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Process of Change Laboratory Project 4.4 May 1991

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
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Shogal Laser Disc Project 4.5 undated

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
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Economics tutorial III, 30-Sep-86

Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics

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Economics tutorial IV, 30-Sep-86

Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics

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Heat Exchange in Animals, 1986

The Heller Project: Heat Exchange in Animals

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The Shakespeare Project vision system, July 14, 1986

Shakespeare through Performance

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Science for Living, videodisc pre-master, 8-Mar-90

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
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Cat demos, dub of edited master

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
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Physics Simulations 1, 8-Nov-85

Mechanics: Physics Simulations 1

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Physics Simulations 2, 8-Nov-85

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Physics Simulations 3 8-Nov-85

Modern Physics: Physics Simulations III

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The Shakespeare Project, July 1, 1986

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European Agricultural Policy Making, 20-Aug-86

European Agricultural Policymaking

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The Art of Persuasion

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
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The Shakespeare Project, 3 laserdiscs

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YOW! 2-Feb-90

YOW!

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Economics tutorial 3, 30-Sep-86

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Water Microbiology Equations, 20-Mar-86

Water Microbiology Equations/PLOT

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Clearing House for Academic Software Catalog (IRIS), Dec-87

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Stanford XCMD/tool library, May 19, 1989

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Faculty Author Development Program, Dec-84

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Bibliomania 4-Apr-86

BiblioMania!

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The Brayton Cycle, 1984

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A Respiratory Decision System June 26, 1986

aRDS: a Respiratory Decision System

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Faculty Author Development Program (FAD), 6-Mar-85

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Early FAD Project, Feb-85

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Science for Living - videodisc pre-master, 8-Mar-96

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Albert 1986

Albert

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The Rankine Cycle Session 10-Mar-85

The Rankine Cycle Session

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A La Rencontre de Philippe undated

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American Sign Language - 1 inch premaster for videodisc, June 28, 1989

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FAD Proposals, 6-Mar-85

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4mm Data Cartridges (ASD): 1993-1995

Physical Description: 17 computer tape cartridge(s) (DG90M)
Physical Description: (19 items)
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Sgt. Enberg: Bomb handling session 31-Mar-95

Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (hi-8)
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Creating Courseware: Faculty Author Development Project. ACIS/IRIS Stanford University, Oct-86

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Editions of academic software by Intellimation Library for the Macintosh

 

Alias and Alias Student Guide. Developed by Brodie Lockard and the CAT Project, Stanford University, 1990

 

El Mundo de Tarski. Developed by Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy, Stanford University, 1990

 

The TheaterGame. Developed by Larry Friedlander and the Faculty Author Development Program, Stanford University, 1990

 

Turing's World. Developed by Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy, Stanford University, 1990

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Intellimation Spring 1993 Higher Education Macintosh Software and Multimedia Catalog

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Editions of academic software by Kinko's Academic Courseware Exchange

 

Arpal. Developed by Jonathan Burton and Michael Feuer, Drexel University, 1986

 

Animated Waves and Particles. Developed by Dr. Eric T. Lane, University of Tennessee, 1984

 

Appletones and Mozart. Developed by John R. Meier and Jon Appleton, Dartmouth College, 1985

 

Atlas and Overlay. Developed by Carl Spitzer, L. Spitzer and D. Spitzer, Dartmouth College, 1986

 

Bibliomania. Developed by Deborah Murphy and the Faculty Author Development Program, Stanford University, 1986

 

Binary Trees. Developed by John Glen and Mark Sherman, Dartmouth College, 1985

 

Brainchild Grade. Developed by Evan E. Corbett and Sean V. Rome, Brainchild Corporation, 1986

 

BRS Simulator. Developed by The Software Development Group, Drexel University, 1986

 

CLR Anova. Developed by David M. Lane and Brian D. Kluger, Clear Lake Research, 1985

 

Curriculum Comparer. Developed by Jim Kelly, Mathematic Information System, 1985

 

The Data Desk - Student Version. Developed by Paul Velleman, Cornell University, 1986

 

Drexel Plot. Developed by The Software Development Group, Drexel University, 1986

 

Event Tutor and Skel. Developed by S. Maker and B. Meike, Dartmouth College, 1985

 

Drill. Developed by S. Rogers, C. Spitzer, W. Greenburg, P. Bien, B. Duncan and R. Blake, Dartmouth College, 1985

 

Factor ][: Exploratory Factor Analysis. Developed by Richard J. Hofmann, Miami University, 1985

 

Forth Talk Kernel. Developed by Stephen D. Lindner, InSite Computing, 1986

 

FunPlot. Developed by Walter Zimmermann, University of the Pacific, 1986

 

General Chemistry, Multiplan Templates. Developed by Allan L. Smith, Drexel University, 1986

 

GeoStructures. Developed by the Courseware Development Group, Dartmouth College, 1986

 

LaserTerminal. Developed by The Reed Development Laboratory, Reed College, 1986

 

Lesson Writer. Developed by Sally Solomon, Drexel University, 1986

 

LogiMac. Developed by Chris Dewhurst, Capilano Computing Systems, Ltd., 1985

 

Mastering Statistics with Spreadsheets. Developed by Dr. Jeffrey M. Jacques, Florida A & M University, 1984

 

Mechanics: Physics Simulations I. Developed by Blas Cabrera and the Faculty Author Development Program, Stanford University, 1986

 

Modern Physics: Physics Simulations III. Developed by Blas Cabrera and the Faculty Author Development Program, Stanford University, 1986

 

Pascal Pointers. Developed by Jeffrey L. Popyack, Drexel University. [computer disk missing]

 

Personal Resume Writer. Developed by John T. white and George A. Rivera, Bootware Software Company, Inc., 1986

 

Problem Solving Interpreter. Developed by The Reed Development Laboratory, Reed College, 1986

 

PROSE Instructor. Developed by Stuart Davis, Nancy Kaplan, and Joseph Martin, Cornell University, 1986

 

PROSE Student. Developed by Stuart Davis, Nancy Kaplan, and Joseph Martin, Cornell University, 1986

 

Reed Applications I. Developed by The Reed Development Laboratory, Reed College. [computer disk missing]

 

Reed Applications II. Developed by The Reed Development Laboratory, Reed College, 1986

 

Scientist's Helper. Developed by William Menke, Oregon State University.

 

Signal Operations. Developed by Banu Onaral, Drexel University, 1986

 

The SmallGol Compiler. Developed by Thomas A. Standish, U. C. Irvine, 1985

 

SocStat and SocStudy. Developed by The Courseware Development Group, Dartmouth College, 1986

 

Standardizing Recipe Characteristics. Developed by Arthur P. Tolve, Bergen Community College, 1986

 

Standardizing Recipes and Ingredients. Developed by Arthur P. Tolve, Bergen Community College, 1986

 

Student Atlas - Counties. Developed by Robert F. Dahl, MicroMaps, 1986

 

Student Atlas - U. S. A. Developed by Robert F. Dahl, MicroMaps, 1986

 

Student Atlas - World. Developed by Robert F. Dahl, MicroMaps, 1986

 

Test and Questionnaire Construction Kit. Developed by Scott T. Meier, State University New York - Buffalo, 1986

 

The TheaterGame. Developed by Larry Friedlander and the Faculty Author Development Program, Stanford University, 1986

 

TLS: Transmission Line Simulator. Developed by Charles H. Roth, Jr., University of Texas, 1986

 

Tools for Writers. Developed by Eva M. Thury, Drexel University, 1986

 

Torts Exercises. Developed by Hugh Gibbons, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1985

 

TouchType. Developed by Dr. Janice Wood and Dr. Albert Thompson, U. C. Berkeley, 1985

 

Transforms, Windows, Modulation. . . Developed by Banu Onaral, Drexel University, 1986

 

Treaty of Versailles. Developed by Eric D. Brose, Drexel University, 1986

 

Trial Quiz. Developed by Dr. Stephen L. Lowe, Minot State College, 1986

 

Turing's World. Developed by Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy, Stanford University, 1986

 

Venn - A Philosophy Tutor. Developed by Richard Wesley and Jim Moor, Dartmouth College, 1985

 

The Would-Be Gentleman. Developed by Carolyn Lougee, Stanford University, 1986