This guide addresses the challenge of inaccessible digital learning resources by providing K-12 education stakeholders with actionable information about EPUB, a digital file format. EPUB is a widely adopted format for many digital books and is specifically designed to display text, audio, images and, in some cases, video in a manner usable by all…

As the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) releases its "Guidance for School Responses to Influenza During the 2009-2010 School Year," the U.S. Department of Education reminds states, districts, schools, students, staff, families, and communities about the importance of ensuring the continuity of learning in the event of student or school…

Presents a discussion of multimedia materials and techniques for teaching Black American culture. (Author/CMV)

Offers detailed "instructions" on how to fail at multimedia: make it unintelligible, ugly, and big and slow; limit the number of users; assemble a dysfunctional team; violate copyrights; and make it noninternational. (SR)

This book and the accompanying CD-ROM examine the process of designing multimedia learning environments and the results of and the impact on children of these environments. After an introduction, chapter 1 discusses the origins of educational multimedia environments, presenting initial thoughts on being a designer and focusing on the logo…

Addresses common questions regarding the use of technology in the classroom, highlights some of the technologies currently being used in classrooms, clarifies some associated terms, and provides some suggestions on how to get started. (SR)

Discusses design, technology, human, vendor, and cost factors to be considered in choosing a multimedia instruction system for widespread adoption. A checklist of criteria in these areas is included. (MES)

This guide, presented by the American Association of School Librarians and the American Library Association, is organized by type of media, and is intended to provide an easy and reasonable approach to deciding whether a copy of material may be lawfully made. The display and performance of works, also governed by copyright, are discussed where…

Discusses developments in technology that provide high-quality visual access to transition information and multimedia instruction for learners with deafness. Identifies a variety of considerations in using multimedia products and describes the pros and cons of different media in the context of several multimedia projects. (Author/CR)

Describes how three teachers learned about using Hyperstudio (presentation software), constructed a Web page, and created an original film as part of a unit on Florida writers. Recommends three major strategies for learning a new technology: choose the literary works, then the technology; build on your strengths; and learn to talk to the…

Designed to serve as an introduction to instructional development for the teacher or graduate student who has not read extensively in the field, this chapter presents an operational definition of the instructional development process; explores the human dimensions of the process; provides graphic models of instructional development; and makes…

Two critical factors affect the adoption of new educational technologies: (1) whether the organizational structure of the existing media in education is highly integrated, and (2) whether the existing organizational structure will allow the new technologies to fit. (MD)

Multi-media instruction needs to be adapted to assist students in achieving objectives of instruction. Multi-media approaches need to stress quality sequence, and also need to provide a meaningful context for student learning. The developers of multi-media class resources should provide for diverse styles of learning and need to develop materials…

Discussion of ways to provide media support in college classrooms highlights the design of media-equipped classrooms. Topics discussed include choice of classrooms; classroom design; support staff; communicating to encourage media use; and specifications for equipment in media-equipped classrooms at the University of Colorado at Boulder. (LRW)

Offers suggestions for using multimedia and technology to make successful presentations. Describes the contents of the multimedia administrator's toolbox, and the responsibilities of the multimedia administrator. Five figures are included. (six references) (LMI)