In this paper, a. b. c. jig-saw puzzle was produced for early childhood education using local materials. This study was a production based type of research, to serve as a supplemental or total learning resource. Its production followed four phases of development referred to as information, design, production and evaluation. The storyboard cards,…

The American Association for School Librarians suggests an important mission for school librarians is to ensure personal growth through ongoing exposure to conferences, journal articles, webinars, presentations, and membership in professional organizations. As professional educators, School Librarians should exemplify the vision for being…

"Jalan Sesama" was developed to address the developmental needs of Indonesian children ages 3 to 6 years. Using a randomized experimental research study design, this study examined the effect of a 14-week intervention on 160 children in the Pandeglang District in Indonesia's Banten Province. Results offer solid evidence that early…

The program entitled "English in Action (EIA)", 9 year period DFID funded project in Bangladesh, was launched in 2008, for the desire to bring a change in the learning of English language. EIA works to reach a total of 25 million primary and secondary students and adult learners through communicative language learning techniques and the…

Learning should occur in social environments in which students are engaged in meaningful activities that require them to think critically and solve problems (Dewey, 1933; Phillips & Soltis, 1998). This article describes how an urban middle school interdisciplinary teaching team partnered with the authors to create a hands-on, highly engaging…

This paper presents a European Community supported project which investigated whether the use of electronic and mobile technologies in the hands of young learners might engage them in learning activities and start to change their attitudes towards learning. The mLearning system was implemented in a Europe-wide network of 14 schools with over 500…

This article reports on a UKLA-funded project in which a group of 10 teachers in South Wales were involved. The televised science fiction drama "Doctor Who" was chosen as the theme as it was based on popular culture as well as being of local and national interest. The main character in this television drama is an alien who can fly…

As an educational media, radio has a long and complex history in the United States, but its most extensive and important use in education took place during the School of the Air (SOA) movement. From approximately 1929 to 1975, commercial broadcast networks, state universities and departments or colleges of education, and local school boards…

Discusses the Consortium for Lifelong Learning in Arizona through Instructional Media, Inc. (CLAIM), a voluntary consortium of a wide range of agencies involved in adult education of all kinds brought together in a state network to share costs. (Author/IRT)

Describes the celebrations surrounding the presentation to the Greenwich, Connecticut Public Schools of the 1979 School Library Media Program of the Year Award. Details of the Greenwich school media program are included. (CMV)

Describes the Shakespeare Project, a multimedia system on HyperCard with a two-screen workstation linking a Macintosh, videodisc player, and video monitor. States that this project brings theater to students as a serious object of study. (MG)

This paper focuses on an assessment of an online certification program in K-12 library media which has a near-perfect record of retaining students. Students and graduates of the program were asked to identify reasons for enrolling (and staying enrolled) in the program as well as functions that faculty performed well. These reasons were drawn upon…

Presents a model for instructional media design, adapted from the theoretical model and viewed to work well with reasonable effort and time. An example of the model in use is provided to give evidence of reasonableness. Outlines of both the theoretical and adapted models are provided. (MP)

Describes the development and use of Mediatron, a multimedia teaching aid, to teach principles of on-line searching, basic command languages, data base structure, and specialized search techniques. An exact replica of a search is displayed on a VDU, accompanied by a voice commentary and visual slide images displayed on a screen. (CWM)

Undergraduate students enrolled in ten-week media and methods courses in the teacher education program at Valdosta State College are provided the opportunity to work cooperatively on a one-to-one basis with professors in the selection, design, production, and evaluation of instructional materials. (Author)