SUCH QUESTIONS AS WHY AND HOW OPERATIONS RESEARCH (OR) AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ORIGINATED, WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MIGHT MAKE TO INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA PROGRAMS ARE ANSWERED. "OR" ORIGINATED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II WHEN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPING THEIR TECHNOLOGY FASTER THAN IT COULD BE…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 449 ANNOTATED ENTRIES SUPPLEMENTS AN EARLIER HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE REPORT, "THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS" (TECHNICAL REPORT 66-18, NOVEMBER, 1966). IT SERVES AS A GUIDE TO MANY OF THE STUDIES CONDUCTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING METHODS AND TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS. AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM…

This paper presents a complex, hybrid, method of cost analysis of online courses, which incorporates data on expenditures; student/course enrollment; departmental consumption/contribution; space utilization/opportunity costs; direct non-personnel costs; computing support; faculty/staff workload; administrative overhead at the department, dean, and…

A bibliogrpahy of about 4,000 entries was compiled as a first step in assessing the state of the art of the systems approach to training (SAT). It was concluded that the voluminous SAT literature reveals an underlying confusion concerning the nature of SAT. The same terms are used to refer to different methodologies, thereby yielding the illusion…