Several general considerations and characteristics are described and illustrated for the application of videodisc technology to individualized instruction: (1) a prototype of a videodisc unit, (2) digital read-only memory, (3) cost economics, (4) educational uses, (5) development versus delivery systems, and (6) prerequisites for successful…

More than a dozen CAI modules which teach the uninitiated user how to use the interactive Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) are described. The modules are based on the principle of incrementally increasing difficulty, self pacing, and student involvement. The first half of the set introduces the student to interactive computing,…

The term "media," as employed here, refers to printed and audiovisual forms of communication and their accompanying technology. A representative list of printed materials might include books, periodicals, catalogs, and printed programmed materials. Audiovisual materials include films and filmstrips, recordings, slides, graphic materials,…

A discussion of a new curriculum for exceptional child education that emphasizes the uses of educational technology. Approximately 100 referenes are appended. (AA)

Presented are the proceedings of a conference dealing with individualizing instruction for the deaf through greater use of educational media to permit the deaf student to progress at a maximum learning rate. Included are a report on the year's activities of Media Services and Captioned Films, and keynote addresses by James J. Gallagher on the…

Strategies to individualize instruction in typewriting classes discussed in the article are the multimedia approach, mechanical pacing devices, computer-assisted instruction, learning activity packages, and several project-type devices. (MF)

A review of Computer-Assisted Instruction, Testing, and Guidance" (Harper and Row), edited by Wayne H. Holtzman; a collection of 20 papers presented at a conference held at Austin, Texas in 1968. (RY)

Citations and abstracts are presented for six documents selected from the ERIC junior college collection which deal with media and educational technology. Specific topics include instruction for distant learners, audiovisual response systems, instructional television, and development of instructional media systems. (JP)

The implications for extension in the electronic educational age are tremendous. The idea that an agent will be able to observe a problem from his/her office without always making a farm or home visit adds a new dimension to public educational service. (LRA)

Described is a procedure for utilizing a computer to generate domain-referenced tests in mathematics. The procedure can be adapted for use in testing and instructional programs in either an on-line or off-line mode. It requires specification of the objectives of interest in behavioral terms and grouping them into sets that share a common content.…

The current group-oriented educational system provides education for all, but not for each. Computer-based education, properly used, can give each student a chance to develop fully, but a great deal of support on all levels in needed to bring about the change. (Author/TG)