Guide to the Stanford University, Academic Computing and Information Services,
Academic Software Development Collection SC0589
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Language of Material:
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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
box 1
The TheaterGame
1-Oct-86
The TheaterGame
box 1
Turing's World
9-Sep-86
Turing's World
box 1
Tarski's World
May 1986
Tarski's World
box 1
Faculty Author Development Program,
Oct-86
box 1
Agreement with Project Athena: Philippe
box 1
The Would-Be Gentleman
30-Oct-86
The Would-Be Gentleman
box 2
The Would-Be Generation
30-Oct-86
The Would-Be Gentleman
box 2
Hyper Card Academic Training,
1-Dec-87
box 2
IS + Mac Pass Training Course,
Oct-93
box 2
Stanford Humanities Disc (edited master) 2.1
July 20, 1990
Physical Description: 1 videotape
reel(s)
box 3
Shakespeare Project 3.1
21-Nov-91
Physical Description: 1 videotape
reel(s)
box 3
Stanford Humanities Disc, Protection Master, 3.2
July 20, 1990
Physical Description: 1 videotape
reel(s)
box 3
American Sign Language,
undated
box 3
Shakespeare Project 3.4
1991-11-21
Physical Description: 1 videotape
reel(s)
box 3
Single frame slide: Stanford Theatre Dept., 3.5
undated
Physical Description: 1 videotape
reel(s)
box 3
American Sign Language: edit sub,
undated
box 4
Chemotherapy simulation,
22-Aug-86
box 4
Economics tutorial I,
30-Sep-86
Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics
box 4
Economics tutorial II,
30-Sep-86
Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics
box 4
The Shakespeare Project 4.1
Oct-86
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(vhs)
box 4
Shogai videodisc (premaster) 4.2
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(betacam-sp)
box 4
Paris Theatre 4.3
July 23, 1993
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(betacam-sp)
box 4
Process of Change Laboratory Project 4.4
May 1991
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(u-matic)
box 4
Shogal Laser Disc Project 4.5
undated
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(u-matic)
box 5
Economics tutorial III,
30-Sep-86
Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics
box 5
Economics tutorial IV,
30-Sep-86
Computer Aided Tutorial in Economics
box 5
Heat Exchange in Animals,
1986
The Heller Project: Heat Exchange in Animals
box 5
The Shakespeare Project vision system,
July 14, 1986
Shakespeare through Performance
box 5
Science for Living, videodisc pre-master,
8-Mar-90
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(u-matic)
box 5
Cat demos, dub of edited master
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(u-matic)
box 6
Physics Simulations 1,
8-Nov-85
Mechanics: Physics Simulations 1
box 6
Physics Simulations 2,
8-Nov-85
box 6
Physics Simulations 3
8-Nov-85
Modern Physics: Physics Simulations III
box 6
The Shakespeare Project,
July 1, 1986
box 6
European Agricultural Policy Making,
20-Aug-86
European Agricultural Policymaking
box 6
The Art of Persuasion
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(u-matic)
box 6
The Shakespeare Project, 3 laserdiscs
box 7
Economics tutorial 3,
30-Sep-86
box 7
Water Microbiology Equations,
20-Mar-86
Water Microbiology Equations/PLOT
box 7
Clearing House for Academic Software Catalog (IRIS),
Dec-87
box 7
Stanford XCMD/tool library,
May 19, 1989
box 7
Faculty Author Development Program,
Dec-84
box 8
Bibliomania
4-Apr-86
BiblioMania!
box 8
A Respiratory Decision System
June 26, 1986
aRDS: a Respiratory Decision System
box 8
Faculty Author Development Program (FAD),
6-Mar-85
box 8
Early FAD Project,
Feb-85
box 8
Science for Living - videodisc pre-master,
8-Mar-96
box 9
The Rankine Cycle Session
10-Mar-85
The Rankine Cycle Session
box 9
A La Rencontre de Philippe
undated
box 9
American Sign Language - 1 inch premaster for videodisc,
June 28, 1989
box 9
4mm Data Cartridges (ASD):
1993-1995
Physical Description: 17 computer
tape cartridge(s) (DG90M)
Physical Description: (19 items)
box 9
Sgt. Enberg: Bomb handling session
31-Mar-95
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s)
(hi-8)
box 10
Creating Courseware: Faculty Author Development
Project.
ACIS/IRIS Stanford University,
Oct-86
box 10
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
box 10
Intellimation Spring 1993 Higher Education Macintosh
Software and Multimedia Catalog
box 10
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