The role of computers as Instructional technology has been a topic of Interest for much of the past fifty years and has been of special Interest since the Invention of low-cost personal computers in the late 1970s. Much of the dialog has centered around the effectiveness of these tools In the framework of an existing educational system. When viewed in this context, computers take their place alongside books and blackboards as aids for the teacher. The idea that the very structure of education needs to be reexamined by appearance of new technologies was not a dominant theme in the field of instructional technology until recently. Even now, there are many who believe that the utility of computers in the classroom must be ........