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Limited literature concerning computer technology exists in the field of counselor education despite the increasing use of technology as a method of instructional delivery. The use of computers to aid or mediate instruction is rapidly becoming commonplace in many counselor education programs, yet little is known about the pedagogical advantages of such instructional methods for student learning. The primary focus of this document is to relate thoughts about Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) as a pedagogical approach for instruction, and also to illustrate the process by which the authors have developed one type of CAI project. The project consists of a CD-ROM for teaching counseling theories that lends itself to both instructional and research purposes. (Author) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Development of a CD-ROM fo