The authors explore four areas of practical difficulty for the medical educator undertaking the creation of his own videotaped teaching materials: (1) the mechanics of videotape production; (2) the subculture of the television production studio; (3) the reaction of health staff and patients to videotape production; and (4) the integration of…

The extensive use of tape recordings has been employed to assist in training science teachers. The tape exchange system, between student teacher and college supervisor, was used to supplement regular classroom visits. (Author)

Equipment and procedures for converting a conventional laboratory to an audio-tutorial learning center are described. Suggestions for selecting audio-visual hardware are then specified, but production of instructional materials is not included in this article. (DF)

Reviews the developments in communications and educational psychology that have influenced present educational media strategies and shows how recent breakthroughs in learning theory and media research offer a new direction in the design and use of instructional media. (Author/JM)

Projection devices and television are discussed in terms of what is available and how they may be used effectively. Particular attention is given to use in the area of individualizing instruction. (LS)

Presents short essays by 20 persons who are each intimately involved with some phase of community education. Vignettes range from single-frame pictures of community education in action to editorials and statements of philosophy. (Author/JH)

Survey of deans, medical and surgical chiefs indicates majority approval of present "optimal role of surgery, but some differences in opinion over extent of surgical learning experiences for future undergraduate curriculum. Also reveals didactic instruction methods preferred to samll-group seminars or instructional television. (LP)

A teacher discovers that the practice of collecting samples of her students' compositions motivates their writing and yields other instructional assets. (RD)

The entire issue contains proceedings from the sixth annual Symposium held at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education (Lincoln, Nebraska, March 16-8, 1970). (JJ)