The present paper examines possible benefits of spatial audio guides on learning outcomes in the spatial learning setting of an experimental exhibition and attempts to differentiate between different mechanisms underlying such an effect. In Experiment 1, we examined whether the spatial contiguity principle may be such a mechanism. A spatial audio…

Purpose: Audio-visual presentations -- delivered either in real-life or virtually -- feature heavily in educational assessments and employer recruitment. This study explored neurodivergent undergraduate students' experiences of presentations. The aim was to understand how neurodivergent students describe experiences of presentations in educational…

Courses: Public Speaking, Communication Research Methods. Objectives: The purpose of this assignment is to (1) develop observation ability by drawing from sensory information, (2) practice using descriptive language, and (3) critique verbal delivery.

This book broadens the scope and impact of digital storytelling in higher education. It outlines how to teach, research and build communities in tertiary institutions through the particular form of audio-visual communication known as digital storytelling by developing relationships across professions, workplaces and civil society. The book is…

The author began using 1:1 screencast video assessment tools: nimble apps such as Movenote, Screencastify, and Snagit that attach to his browser and allow him to efficiently provide a far more valuable writing assessment experience for students than ever before. This article explains the many advantages of Digital Video (DV) Assessments, student…

The use of audio feedback for students in a full-time community nursing degree course is appraised. The aim of this mixed methods study was to examine student views on audio feedback for written assignments. Questionnaires and a focus group were used to capture student opinion of this pilot project. The majority of students valued audio feedback…

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is a public body created by a Decision of the European Commission and operates under its supervision. It is located in Brussels and has been operational since January 2006. Its role is to manage European funding opportunities and networks in the fields of education and training,…

After a discussion of definitions and various forms of redundancy, between-channel redundancy is offered as the key to better communication. A formula for visual and auditory channel redundancy is included. (Author/STS)

A DEFINITION OF THE BROADER FIELD OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY WHICH INCORPORATES CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ESTABLISHED AUDIOVISUAL FIELD IS PRESENTED. THE NEED FOR DEFINITION IS DISCUSSED, WITH A REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AUDIOVISUAL FIELD OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS. THE LARGER PART OF THE DOCUMENT IS A GLOSSARY OF APPROXIMATELY 900 WIDELY USED TERMS…

It is becoming imperative that librarians make full use of all the developing means of communication which growing technology is giving us. (MF)

Describes a project designed to use television public service announcements to present basic nutrition concepts and the nutritional choices in the marketplace in a format that would reach the handicapped deaf and the nonhandicapped as well. (CT)

Elementary students (grades 3-5) at Hopkins Magnet Academy in Victoria, Texas write, produce, and broadcast their school's morning announcements using a closed-circuit video network. Describes resources, other uses for the audio/video network, and a representative morning's preparations for and production of the morning announcements. (PEN)

Topics in this annotated bibliography on audiovisual instruction include the history of instructional technology, teacher-training, equipment operation, administration of media programs, production of instructional materials, language laboratories, instructional television, programed instruction, communication theory, learning theory, and…

A series of twelve essays discuss the use of audiovisuals in religious education. The essays are divided into three sections: one which draws on the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and other educators to explore the newest ideas about audiovisual language and faith, one that describes how to learn and use the new language of audio and visual images, and…