<s>
Worldware	B-Application
is	O
a	O
term	O
coined	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
to	O
denote	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
created	O
and	O
marketed	O
mainly	O
for	O
purposes	O
other	O
than	O
teaching	O
and	O
learning	O
,	O
but	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
teaching	O
and	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Ehrmann	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
task	O
force	O
,	O
is	O
widely	O
credited	O
with	O
coining	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
worldware	B-Application
"	O
to	O
describe	O
multipurpose	O
software	O
already	O
in	O
widespread	O
use	O
outside	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worldware	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
for	O
purposes	O
other	O
than	O
instruction	O
but	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
teaching	O
and	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
processors	O
are	O
worldware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reporting	O
their	O
findings	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
VVS	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
learning	O
came	O
,	O
not	O
from	O
instructional	O
packages	O
,	O
but	O
from	O
students	O
working	O
with	O
"	O
worldware	B-Application
"	O
or	O
with	O
student	O
editions	O
of	O
worldware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
interviewed	O
for	O
a	O
virtual	O
round	O
table	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
Ehrmann	O
explained	O
that	O
worldware	B-Application
(	O
and	O
its	O
student	O
editions	O
)	O
had	O
many	O
advantages	O
over	O
typical	O
instructional	O
software:It	O
was	O
much	O
more	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
known	O
in	O
advance	O
to	O
the	O
students	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
teachers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
market	O
was	O
paying	O
for	O
worldware	B-Application
,	O
so	O
the	O
cost	O
per	O
user	O
to	O
develop	O
,	O
market	O
,	O
support	O
,	O
maintain	O
,	O
and	O
upgrade	O
worldware	B-Application
typically	O
was	O
low	O
while	O
the	O
cost	O
per	O
user	O
for	O
courseware	O
was	O
usually	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
