After experimenting with several systems, Instructional Media Services in Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences found that evaluation systems must be simple in design, brief and easy to complete, and easy for the department to distribute and compile data from. Describes evaluation tools for audiovisual services, instructional design…

Notes that media studies teachers have few opportunities to network with knowledgeable professionals in media education. Discusses a new organization, the Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA), that offers resources ideal for both new and seasoned media studies teachers. Explains that AMLA hosted the National Media Education Conference…

Three laser videodisc programs are described for training the communication skills of children and adults with hearing impairments. The programs are designed to provide analytic and synthetic speechreading practice and to encourage assertive communication behaviors. The report describes the training modules and test battery designed to assess the…

A model is presented of education for health care and other service providers to persons at risk for AIDS, seropositive individuals, and persons with AIDS. The model's four components are: target population; domains (content), modes (media), and outcome. Included is data from studies of police and dental students. (IAH)

Presents profiles of three leaders in the field of educational media and technology: Robert Mills Gagne, Florida State University; Robert Heinich, Indiana University; and Charles Francis Schuller, University of Georgia. (SLW)

Presents a profile of Harry Alleyn Johnson, a leader in the field of educational media and technology. A Professor Emeritus at Virginia State University, Johnson has been active internationally, nationally, and in his home state of Virginia. (SLW)

Examines the use of telecommunications in distance education from the point of view of both the trainer and the learner. The importance of user-oriented training design and feedback through transparent media is stressed. (EAM)

Considers three aspects of Robert Kozma's (IR 529 138) and Richard Clark's (IR 529 139) debate on the role of educational media: (1) the logic and definitions of the debate; (2) what the debate says about the field of instructional technology; and (3) the consequences of adopting one position or the other. (KRN)

Provides annotated entries for several hundred media-related associations and organizations in the United States and Canada. A list of organization names arranged in 40 subject categories serves as an index to the alphabetical list, which contains descriptive information on each of the organizations. Canadian organizations are listed separately.…

With all multimedia devices and programming being produced for today's student, the AV cart is outmoded as a primary distribution system. Media distribution systems allow many users remote access to centrally located media resources, such as laserdisc players, VCRs, and self-image players. Two types of media distribution systems are described,…

Clifford Nass, one of the authors of "The Media Equation: How to Treat Computers, Television and New Media Like Real People and Places," observes that, when people interact with computers, television, and other new media, they tend to display the same social behaviors as when they react to other humans. (JOW)

Lists annotated entries for associations and organizations headquartered in the United States and Canada whose interests are in some manner significant to the fields of instructional technology and educational media. The U.S. section includes a classified list to facilitate location of organizations by their specialized interests or services. (AEF)

Determined whether having preschoolers review video segments they did not initially comprehend would increase their comprehension of sex abuse prevention concepts. States that children who viewed repetition of program segment learned more than children who viewed the segment once. Concludes that this method of enhancing children's comprehension of…

Describes empirical research in the fields of neurology and cognitive science that is being conducted to determine how and why the brain learns. Explains ways that video is compatible with how the brain learns and suggests it should be used more extensively by teachers and library media specialists. (LRW)

Examined advance organizer research to determine its implications for instructional designers planning learning activities and instructional media, particularly the relationship between the forms of advance organizer and media. Found few studies comparing forms of organizers or the relationship between forms or organizers and media, indicating a…