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,…

AN ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL FOR THE SCHOOL IS PROPOSED, PLACING TEACHERS AT THE CENTER OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH A SUPPORTIVE STAFF TO HELP INDIVIDUALIZE EDUCATION. IN THIS MODEL, A DIRECT INSTRUCTION TEAM WORKS WITH A PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WHO ORGANIZE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROVIDE CONSULTANT HELP, AT THE…

All 59 documents published by the Educational Resources Information Center on Educational Media and Technology (ERIC/EM) are abstracted in this document. The abstracts are the same as those which appeared in Research in Education (RIE), ERIC's monthly catalog. They are arranged alphabetically by author. With only two exceptions (journal articles…

Describes the Instructional Media Center (IMC) at South Dakota State University. Highlights include its mission and goals; staff--professional, career service employees and student assistants; four service groups--instructional technologies, media production, instructional telecommunications, and media resources; budget; and successes. (AEF)

This review considers two major areas--research on educational media and research on school media centers (learning resource centers). Research reviewed in this report is limited to studies carried out in public school settings or that deal with issues of concern in public education. An introduction discusses the changing definition of…

Summarized are the proceedings of the Special Study Institute, attended by directors of special education and of educational communications, and by teachers of emotionally handicapped children. Several projects in the fields of special education media were presented and reviewed, illustrating innovative approaches to teaching emotionally…

Reviews ERIC literature on four major themes related to instructional technology at the community college: computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, distance education and televised instruction, and the role of learning laboratories and learning resource centers in housing and making available nonprint educational media. (AYC)

Twenty-one papers in instructional technology inform the reader on the psychological, philosophical, sociological, and educational ramifications of technology in the classroom. The articles are grouped under three major headings: Foundations of Education and Educational Technology, Tools of Instruction and Educational Technology, and Organization…

This document contains three reports. The first, "What Is Mediated Instruction?," discusses programs of media services--their goals, how they operate, and their functions, and describes the Learning Resources Center at Los Angeles City College (LACC), which emphasizes self-paced individualized instruction and which utilizes a new…

A total of 332 annotated references pertaining to media aspects of training are organized under the following headings: (1) Audiovisual Theory and Research, (2) Audiovisual Methods (General), (3) Audiovisual Equipment (General), (4) Computers in Instruction, (5) Television Instruction, (6) Videotape Recordings, (7) Television Facilities, (8) Radio…

The "modern school" is sensitive to change, aggressive in its employment of instructional technology, yet totally responsive to and concerned about the individual. Student-centered learning can flourish through use of a systems approach, which can also move media and materials from their present peripheral role in education to an integral position…

This Digest reviews ERIC documents and journal articles on the roles currently being played by two-year college learning resources centers (LRCs) in instruction and instructional development. After acknowledging that community college students have different needs for bibliographic instruction than their counterparts at four-year institutions, the…

An individualized, self-paced curriculum at Temple University Dental School is being used to break the lock-step pattern of the lecture-oriented system and to help students reach the clinical learning environment more quickly. Freshmen begin work in periodontology with 12 programed lessons studied in a Learning Resources Center open 75 hours a…

Presents design objectives to consider when planning library/media facilities for elementary schools which will also incorporate computer technology. Highlights include providing for future growth and the development of new technologies; collection development plans; professional growth and staff support; scheduling considerations; and…

Dissertations were selected for inclusion in this annotated bibliography if they used some form of educational media as the subject or as the methodology of their research. Selections were made from "American Doctoral Dissertations" and from "Dissertation Abstracts." For those selected from the latter, volume and page citations to "Dissertations…