Five strategies for teaching students in educational methods courses about instructional media were developed and field tested between 1967 and 1973. Strategies included mixtures of live demonstrations of media, scheduled laboratory periods, self-instruction programs, televised demonstrations of media, and bulletin boards and handbooks. A strategy…

This handbook has been prepared by a committee composed of administrators and media specialists under the direction of the Department of Public Instruction. Its purpose is to establish guidelines for media centers in the secondary schools of Iowa. Most secondary schools in Iowa now have traditional libraries. This handbook provides guidelines for…

This booklet discusses some of the applications of sophisticated technology to various aspects of education and suggests further possible applications of technologies that are still in the initial or beginning stages. The report first attempts to define the word technology, relating it to the terms audiovisual, media, and systems. Then, the…

As an instructional module, this training booklet provides the vehicle to assist the school volunteer to master library skills and effective story telling techniques and to become proficient in the operation and use of materials and equipment in the media center. This booklet specifically focuses on learning through the use of audio-visual…

The Multnomah County Intermediate Education District, located in Portland, Oregon, uses a computerized system to meet the catalog, circulation control, and management needs of its regional film library. The system's programs serve the four functions of: 1) creating and maintaining a film file; 2) developing a catalog; 3) booking film requests on a…

Ninety preschool disadvantaged children participated in a study investigating the effect of instruction using the Language Master machine, a device which uses selected word cards to teach basic language skills (e.g., completing verbal analogies, expressing ideas orally, relating perceptually similar pictures, and increasing hearing vocabulary.)…

The teaching of adults often presents different problems and demands from those facing teachers in primary or secondary schools. The contributions in this book provide a general text to aid and stimulate anyone teaching adults or in any way concerned with vocational or non-vocational adult education. The chapters, all compiled by experts in their…

Building School Media Collections, an Institute for Training in Librarianship, was held in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the spring of 1971 to provide opportunity for 35 practicing school librarians to extend and upgrade their competencies in the selection of instructional materials. The Institute featured lectures and other…

The purpose of this study was to determine if (1) kindergarten reading readiness can be enhanced by differentiated instruction in visuo-motor (V-M) skills, (2) the Gesell Developmental Placement Examination is effective for inter-class grouping, and (3) developmental growth can be accelerated with differentiated instruction in V-M skills.…

Small portable videotape recorders can be used economically and effectively as "scratch pads" during course development. Current off-the-shelf equipment can be used for data gathering during the analysis of systems requirements and initial development of course equipment and test materials. Such equipment has been beneficial in revealing…

This paper discusses potential uses for simulations and games in communication research and instruction. For research purposes, simulations can be used for increasing coherence within and among theories and for consolidating knowledge. As operational models for the study of interpersonal communication, simulations enable and facilitate the study…

This report studies the effects of exposure to simulated critical teaching problems on attitudes and student teaching behavior of prospective elementary teachers. The experimental group participated in simulated training over an 11-week period with feedback from the instructor as a part of their regular teacher training program. The control group…

An index provides media staff, library personnel, and educators with a bibliographic guide to commercially produced educational records. This computerized data base cites over 16,000 record titles each with a descriptive statement, filed under a curriculum oriented subject heading. The index is divided into three principal sections: 1) subject…

As the second of a three-part comparative study on the administration of audiovisual services in advanced and developing countries, this UNESCO-funded report describes the common characteristics of the educational systems of the socialist countries and their educational media supply systems, including the organization, administration, and…

In an effort to reach widely dispersed Indian children and provide them with an early education that will encourage them to enroll in conventional schools after the fourth grade, Jesuit missionaries in a mountainous rural area of Mexico have provided a radio school since 1955. The evaluation reported here reveals that the radio schools have been…