coursewaren.
/ˈkɔːswɛː/ Material (esp. computer programs) designed for use in an educational or training course.
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1978 Online Rev. 2 261 (heading) Courseware, i.e. content of the training modules.
1983 Sage & Smith Microcomputers in Educ. iii. 18 The continuing absence of a theoretical rationale for the design and implementation of IT-based educational materials and learning environments has led to a situation where much currently available courseware is based on naive concepts of the process of learning and the organisation of knowledge.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 198/2 The disk..must incorporate numbered frames, so that..the computer [can be] programmed with all the frame numbers selected for the particular courseware in preparation.
1990 Lit. & Ling. Computing 5 139/1 HyperCard offers a good hypermedia environment on which the design specifications of the courseware can be built.
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