Jesse M. Heines, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Richard A. Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences

Papers, Presentations, and Other Publications

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Post-Retirement Projects and Presentations     Top

Mentions and Articles about the Civil Rights Documentary


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News Clips and Articles about the TACTS Program


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Masters Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation     Top


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The CBT Artisan was published regularly in Authorware Magazine, (the first few issues of which were named coAction Magazine), a trade journal for training professionals published by Authorware, Inc., from 1988 until the journal discontinued publication in 1990.  The following four articles were published during that period.

The CBT Craftsman was published bi-monthly in Training News, a trade journal for training professionals published by Weingarten Publications, from 1985 until the journal discontinued publication in 1987.  The following 17 columns were published during that period.


Digital Equipment Corporation Technical Reports     Top

In 1978 I became Manager of the Computer-Based Course Development Group at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC or just “Digital”) and initiated a Technical Report Series to chronicle the company’s efforts to implement computer-based training.  The following papers were in that series and are presented in their original Technical Report formats.  Some of these papers were published, and in those cases the published versions can be found elsewhere on this page in other formats.  The entire series is presented here for posterity, including papers written by DEC employees other than myself.

List of Reports (PDF format)

  1. Heines, J. (1978).  The Use of Interactive, Computer-Managed Instruction to Control the Quality of Self-Paced Training.
  2. Heines, J. (1978).  Evaluating Interactive, Computer-Managed Instruction.
  3. Heines, J. (1979).  Style and Communication in Interactive Programming.
  4. Heines, J. & Moreau, K. (1979).  The Three-Pronged Computer-Based Course Development Process.
  5. Moreau, K. & Heines, J. (1979).  Creating Graphic Displays on Non-Graphic Terminals.
  6. McVay, P. (1980).  Tapping the Appeal of Games in Instruction.
  7. Heines, J. (1980).  The Reliabiity of Sequential Testing.
  8. Heines, J. (1980).  Courseware Development and the NSF.
  9. Scott, B. (1980)  Viewdata and Training: What, Where, and How Much.
  10. Zimmerman, M. & Heines, J. (1981).  The Implications of Window Management for Computer-Based Training.
  11. Heines, J. (1981).  The Personal Computer as an Appliance -- Problem I: Integrating Training and Documentation.
  12. Skyrme, D. (1982)  Role of Graphics in Computer Assisted Learning.
  13. Heines, J. (1982).  Basic Concepts in Knowledge-Based Systems.
  14. Heines, J. & O’Shea, T. (1983).  The Design of a Rule-Based CAl Tutorial.
  15. Heines, J., Briggs, J., & Ennals R. (1983).  Logic and Recursion: The PROLOG Twist.
  16. Wyer, J. (1983).  New Bird on the Branch: Artificial Intelligence and Computer-Assisted Instruction.
  17. Heines, J., Olsen, L., & Bowker, R. (1983).  Integrating Computer Graphics and the Videodisc: New Instructional Techniques Possible with IVIS.
  18. Ehrlich, L. (1983).  Using Simulations to Evaluate Skills and Competencies.
  19. Seidner, C. (1983).  CBI Pilot Evaluations: A Prototype Study.
  20. Ehrlich, L. (1983).  Evaluating Technical Competencies: Designing Assessment Items Using a Computer/Videodisc Training System.
  21. Seidner, C. (1984).  User Preference re CBI Menu Choice Mechanisms.
  22. May, L. (1984).  Corporate Experience in Evaluating Interactive Video Information System Courses.
  23. Touger, H. & Seidner, C. (1984).  Effect of Integrated CBI Practice on Task Performance and Attitude.

In 1982 I began work on a project designed to apply artificial intelligence techniques to computer-assisted instruction program.  That work resulted in five “progress reports,” two of which were published.  As with the technical reports listed above, the five project reports are presenteed her for posterity.

List of Reports (PDF format)

  1. Basic Concepts in Knowledge~Based Systems.  April 20, 1982.
  2. Where AI Can Fit in CAI.  November 4, 1982.
  3. The Design of a Prototype AI/CAI Course Employing a Rule-Based Tutorial Strategy.  Coauthored with Tim O’Shea.  May 3, 1983.
  4. An Initial Attempt at Building a Student Model Using Production Rules.  June 2, 1983.
  5. On Program Conversion from MacLISP to Common LISP.  Coauthored with George Poonen of Productive Information Management, Inc.  December 29, 1983.

Readers involved with AI languages may also be interested in Logic and Recursion: The PROLOG Twist, coauthored with Jonathan Briggs and Richard Ennals of Imperial College, London (May, 1982).  This paper was published in the November 1983 issue of Creative Computing, but that version is difficult to read.  The clearest and easiest to read version is available as Technical Report No. 15.


Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems
Special Interest Group in Computer-Based Training Newsletters     Top

In 1978 I became president of the Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems Special Interest Group in Computer-Based Training (ADCIS SIG CBT) and initiated a newsletter.  The newsletter contained many articles written by many authors.  The technical ones in each issue are listed below.  The entire series is presented here for posterity.

Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1978)

Vol. 1, No. 2 (October 1978)

Vol. 1, No. 3 (January 1979)

Vol. 1, No. 4 (April 1979)

Vol. 2, No. 1 (July 1979)

Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 1979)

Vol. 2, No. 3 (January 1980)

Vol. 2, No. 4 (April 1980)

Vol. 3, No. 1 (July 1980)

Vol. 3, No. 2 (October 1980)

Vol. 3, No. 3 (January 1981)

Vol. 3, No. 4 (March 1981)

Vol. 4, No. 1 (June 1981)

Vol. 5, No. 4 (March 1983)

Vol. 6, No. 4 (April 1984)


Personal Writing     Top

Don’t Cry, text to accompany a barbershop tag composed by my Fireside quartetmate Manoj Padki, published in Manoj’s book Keep Calm and Sing A Cappella: 100 Original Tags and Their Stories, August 10, 2021.

The Death Penalty Serves No Purpose But Revenge, letter to the editor of The Boston Globe, published August 2, 2019.

LRTA Service Was a Godsend, letter to the editor of The Lowell Sun, published July 25, 2018.

Ill Humor, letter to the editor of The Boston Globe Magazine, published August 25, 2017.

A Tribute to Charlie Batterman, the invited address that I delivered at the Celebration of the Life of Charlie Batterman, longtime swimming and diving coach at MIT.

Wedded Bliss, a poem written for a contest sponsored by The Lowell Sun to honor Valentine’s Day 2008 by revealing the secrets of long marriages.

Good Morning, a tribute to our colleague Prof. John C. Seig, Jr., who passed away prematurely on December 30, 2005.

Two Deaths, a tribute comparing the death of my mother, Dorothy Heines, who passed away peacefully on September 21, 2001, to that of my friend, Chuck Jones, who died tragically on September 11, 2001 when American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City.

You’re Just Like a Communist!, an essay on teaching students from highly diverse cultural backgrounds. Originally published in Thought and Action 17(2):139-141, Fall 2001.

Is It Ever Right to Kill?, an article relating a dinner conversation I had with my son Scott in 1996, published in The Lowell Sun.

Readings on Succeeding in College, a series of articles by students and me that were published in the UMass Lowell Connector (the campus newspaper) in 1993.

My Experience With the Draft, the story of how I narrowly avoided getting drafted in the summer of 1971 and therefore did not serve in Vietnam.

Cherkasy Journal, the story of my visit to my grandmother’s birthplace and childhood home in the Ukraine in March 1971 during my first year in the Soviet Union.

Soviet Jews at Simchas Torah, an article about an experience I had when I was a junior high school teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, Russia, in 1970 and had been in Russia for just months.



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