This textbook provides an overview of media used for instruction and communication. Chapters cover the following subject areas: (1) media and the systematic approach to teaching and learning; (2) media and individualized learning; (3) the community as a learning center; (4) choosing, using, and producing media; (5) displaying, and some…

Twenty-eight specific communication media are defined and described in this monograph. A distinction is made between information and instruction and between instructional media and instructional aids. A set of criteria is proposed by means of which communication media may be distinguished from nonmedia, one medium may be distinguished from…