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Click, J. W.; And Others – 1982
Two studies were conducted, the first to determine reader response to newspaper front pages with modular format and color, and the second to examine source perception and reporter response to errors in news stories. Results of the first study revealed that respondents in three cities preferred modular front pages to other modern format pages and…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Layout (Publications), Media Research, News Reporting
Waller, Robert – 1978
These two papers discuss ways of improving the quality of educational texts used by the Open University in distance learning courses. The first discusses how text numbering systems should be used and when it is appropriate to use them; five recommendations are given. The last paper discusses how instructional design teams can best approach…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Layout (Publications)
Ward, Bill – Scholastic Editor, 1978
Discusses a variety of topics, including the need for the student newspaper staff to stay in touch with readers, ways of changing the format of student publications from year to year, the use of boxed items in newspapers, problems in obtaining information for news stories, and ideas for photojournalism. (GT)
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Layout (Publications), Local Issues
Waller, Robert – 1980
The three papers included in this report address typography for graphic communication, typographic access structures for educational texts, and typography as macropunctuation. The first paper considers the consequences of an aesthetic bias in the literature of typography, and identifies two misleading assumptions about textbooks; i.e., that print…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Graphic Arts, Language Research, Layout (Publications)
Saloff, Jamie L. – 1996
This book offers information and step-by-step instructions on establishing a publishing center in schools, churches, or community groups and includes reproducible forms. The book gives ideas for such a center, a joint effort between volunteers, students, and teachers, that lets children publish their stories in a professional looking manner. The…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Layout (Publications)
Donnan, Peter, Ed. – 1994
This issue consists of four papers which have an orientation towards the student's perspective. The first paper, "CSU Distance Students' Attitudes toward Computer Use" (Helen Geissinger), presents the results of a survey which examined students' responses to the use of computers in their courses and their attitudes to the more frequent…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
Kouwenhoven, Wim, Ed. – InTech, 2009
From 3rd to 5th March 2008 the International Association of Technology, Education and Development organised its International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain. Over a hundred papers were presented by participants from a great variety of countries. Summarising, this book provides a kaleidoscopic view of work that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Professional Training