Provides the first installment of a two-part article about television: how it affects us, what it says about our lives, and how we can make it work better. (KS)

Recounts the history of WETA-TV's "Cover to Cover" program, initiated in 1965. Relates that the program has been updated to reach a wider audience and now is geared toward fifth and sixth graders, with a change of title to "More Books from Cover to Cover." (NKA)

Describes the usefulness of teacher-made books. Includes instructions for binding books for classroom use. (AS)

Results of comparing parent education programs delivered via either a media-based program (videotapes and instructional manuals), the same curriculum with a professional leader, or a control condition found media-trained families of retarded children generally showed greater gains than control parents though live training was superior in…

The Women's Information Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, focuses on the creation of modules for professional skills training, awareness-building, organizing, and self-determination of women in rural areas, urban areas, and factories. It also supports women-related research. (JOW)

Reports the results of a survey that examined educational media usage and preference by teachers. Reasons for the increasing use of computers and videotape cassette recorders over traditional media are identified, and the need for media courses in teacher education curricula is discussed. (CLB)

Addresses questions about the copyright on educational media, covering the provisions of the Copyright Act of 1978, guidelines for off-the-air recording, information on the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, new technological copying concerns, and suggestions for community college procedures related to the use of copyrighted materials. (AYC)

Suggests five criteria (media attrributes, costs, usability, serviceability, availability) to be used to assess justifiability of use of different types of high technology instructional media (HTIM) in Nigerian schools. Principal reasons for HTIM preference are outlined, and development and use of low technology instructional media to supplement…

Results of research into the use of laser videodisc for instruction in the Federal Republic of Germany are reported. Participants of inservice teacher training (via mediated instruction programs) indicated interest for future use of the videodisc to expand student autonomy, while the teachers also emphasized the importance of the use of print…

The potential of two-way television as an instructional medium was examined through observations of presentations by medical faculty. The study found that similar teaching strategies were used in conventional classrooms and in two-way television mediated lessons. Detailed study results are offered. (Author/DF)

This paper considers what the computer and videodisc technologies offer to education, how they can help contain educational costs, and how schools can begin to plan for a smooth transition from today's primitive classroom environment to the electronically equipped classroom of tomorrow. (JMK)

Discusses lack of integration between communication and educational technology research, and argues that theory and research must be reciprocal, that media research efforts will continue to produce limited observations without acknowledgement of commonality with communication, and that findings of previous media research need to be integrated…

In order to make an efficient and effective contribution to learning, audiovisual media must be designed to fit the situation, not vice versa. The effectiveness and efficiency of media are discussed, along with the skills required by a good media specialist. Marketing the media contribution is also explored. (CT)

A possible solution for classroom plant growth where space and time are minimal. Care and plant propagation are discussed. Several experiments in which bryophyllum can be successfully used are described. (EB)