Suggestions are given on developing a humanities course for high school students. (SP)

Three new approaches--one from theater, one from humanistic psychology, and one from the art world--promise different ways of handling English teaching. (Author)

Presents a teaching model which utilizes a multimedia approach to facilitate individualized instruction in a physics unit for high school students. The model includes objectives, activities, check points and satellite activities. Reports favorable reactions from both students and teachers who have used this instructional approach. Bibliography.…

Mt. San Jacinto College has developed a multi-media instructional system using new teaching strategies to involve students actively. The main resource required is willingness to experiment; most colleges already have necessary equipment. (JS)

Discusses the role of the media librarian in promoting media utilization and describes the major assignment of a hypothetical library school course designed to explore the nature and purpose of media. (EJS)

Examined effects of written v videotaped presentations and effects of model's sex on counselor trainee's production of counselor reacting response leads. Significant differences for qualitative measures were found for videotaped and written models over control. No differences between videotaped and written models or between model's sex were found.…

A library reading room was changed into television and multimedia production facilities at Wharton County Junior College in Texas. (Author/MLF)

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…

The concept of an open university, with courses available to those unable to go to college, is being developed in mid-America, with a planned curriculum using texts, study guides, audio cassettes, and television. (JD)

Describes the creation of a multimedia intercultural business communication program, intended as an effective instructional tool both for students and business professionals. Describes the course content and the seven steps in developing the multimedia hypertext. (SR)

Examines multimodal processing and its implications for listening skills development in a foreign or second language, and discusses how multimodal processing, as it relates to listening skills development, can be supported by multimedia technology. Highlights include visuals, text, video, schema, and chunking. (71 references) (Author/LRW)

Stresses the importance of heeding the rules of basic instructional design when developing multimedia programs. Suggests that new media present unfamiliar and complex options that can distract from the design of effective instruction. Includes a checklist for designing new media training products. (JOW)

Examines the effects of multimedia instruction on students' counseling skill development. The participants were 73 beginning-level counselor education students. The results found that there was no statistically significant difference among the levels of students' counseling skill development across the 3 (high-tech multimedia, low-tech multimedia,…