Describes MediaText, a multimedia document processor developed at the University of Michigan that allows the incorporation of video, music, sound, animations, still images, and text into one document. Interactive documents are discussed, and the need for users to be able to write documents as well as read them is emphasized. (four references) (LRW)

Discusses various aspects of multimedia instruction, including differences in goals from those of computer-assisted instruction; guidelines for the successful use of interactive multimedia instruction; the use of multimedia lessons in an introductory chemistry course; applications of multimedia instruction for indexing, hypermedia, simulations,…

Describes the development of multimedia instructional technology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. Grants that allowed the college to develop a multifaceted academic computing environment are discussed, and five programs that were developed by faculty and students are…