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Sielke, Catherine C., Comp.; Dayton, John, Comp.; Holmes, C. Thomas, Comp.; Jefferson, Anne L., Comp. – 2000
This publication was undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics in partnership with two private entities, the American Education Finance Association (AEFA), which contracted for the information collection, and the National Education Association (NEA), which funded the effort. Education finance researchers from the University of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Policy, Foreign Countries
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Hart, Ian – Educational Media International, 2003
The "Outsider's Gaze" is a set of three DVDs (Digital Video Discs) for Asian students of Spanish, French, and German. The project employs constructivist principles in the development of language learning materials. This paper discusses insiders (native speakers) and outsiders (language learners), language teaching, theories of learning,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, French, German
Miyamoto, Tomohiro; Harnisch, Delwyn L.; Yamada, Tsuneo; Hiraga, Yuko – 2000
To cope with dramatically increasing problematic behaviors among primary and secondary school students in Japan, training for counseling skills is considered one of the most important areas in current teacher education. The authors have developed on a DVD (Digital Video Disc) a prototype of counseling materials to assist both in the training of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education
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Barker, Philip – Education and Computing, 1986
This discussion of the use of images in learning processes focuses on recent developments in optical storage disc technology, particularly compact disc read-only (CD-ROM) and optical video discs. Interactive video systems and user interfaces are described, and applications in education and industry in the United Kingdom are reviewed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Storage Devices, Developed Nations, Display Systems
Abbott, George L.; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
This special feature focuses on recent developments in optical disk technology. Nine articles discuss current trends, large scale image processing, data structures for optical disks, the use of computer simulators to create optical disks, videodisk use in training, interactive audio video systems, impacts on federal information policy, and…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices
Powell, James; And Others – Interactive Learning International, 1992
Describes a computer simulation called ICCARUS (Intelligent Command and Control, Acquisition and Review Using Simulation) that was developed for training fire officers in the United Kingdom. The integration of microcomputer-based software, videodisks, and audio material on compact disks into the simulation is described; and results of an…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Ingraham, Bruce; Emery, Chris – Educational and Training Technology International, 1991
Describes an interactive hypermedia approach to computer-assisted language learning (CALL) that is being developed in the United Kingdom for second-language learning in higher education. The use of microcomputers and optical storage devices is discussed; software authoring packages are examined; and issues concerning human-computer interface,…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Berry, Julia – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes use of the interactive video in schools in the United Kingdom. Summarizes the content of eight new videodiscs. Enumerates investigations designed to field test the materials and describes the type of feedback to be provided by schools. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Ecology, Elementary School Science
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Stone, Gerald; Sylvain, Philip – Library Trends, 1990
Describes ArchiVISTA, an optical disk image retrieval system that provides access to cartoons and caricatures in the National Archives of Canada. Planning, evaluation, design and image capture, and retrieval are explained, as well as how the system developed from earlier efforts of bibliographic control and imaging technology. (10 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Archives, Cartoons, Computer Graphics, Foreign Countries
Latchem, Colin, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book describes developments in interactive multimedia (IMM) in the early 1990s. Its aim is to provide educators, students, trainers, librarians, managers, and practitioners with an overview, not only of the directions and uses of the technology, but also of the research foundations and educational and contextual issues that need to be…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Display Systems