W. Randolph Ford

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Johns Hopkins University ORCID: 0000-0002-5833-5861

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  1. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1981
    Tutorials for the first-time computer user ↗
    Janan Al-Awar; Alphonse Chapanis; W. Randolph Ford
    Abstract

    This paper describes a general methodology and principles for the preparation of tutorials, or computer-assisted instructional courses, to introduce first-time users to computer terminals. The methodology and principles are especially designed to prepare tutorials that will make computers seem friendly and that will motivate casual or discretionary users to learn more about computers. Examples are drawn from a tutorial prepared for the IBM 3277 Display Station.

    digital rhetoric
    doi:10.1109/tpc.1981.6447820