AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IS AND HOW IT CAN BE USED IS PRESENTED. IT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A VEHICLE FOR CONVEYING A MESSAGE AND AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL. IT CAN BE A SUPPLEMENT FOR BOOKS AS WELL AS A MOTIVATOR FOR USING BOOKS AND FOR LEARNING. IT CAN ENLARGE ONE'S RANGE OF EXPERIENCE IN A LOW-POWERED, SLOWLY PACED, INFORMAL MANNER.…

GUIDELINES FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE PREPARED BY MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA COUNCIL--(1) ASSESSMENT OF THE UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL POTENTIALS OF VARIOUS MEDIA, (2) TEACHER AND SPECIALIST PREPARATION FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, (3) AN INFORMATION-DISSEMINATION PROGRAM, (4) DEVELOPMENT OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, AND (5)…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES A BASIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERSON DESIRING TO INTERPRET, CONDUCT, OR DIRECT RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. (MS)

The annotated mediagraphy listing of nonprint media contains information on 951 titles available from 277 sources for the instruction, information, or entertainment of the hearing impaired. The mediagraphy is divided into four main parts: the main entry section, containing the title, medium, physical description, release date, cost availability,…

The first two ERIC at Stanford newsletters are followed by the first four numbers of "Now Available." The newsletters produced by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearninghouse on Educational Media and Technology contain announcements and short articles. "Now Available" also lists documents processed for…

Educational Media Catalogs on Microfiche (EMCOM) is a collection of catalogs from audiovisual software distributors. These are firms which sell, rent, or distribute on a free-loan basis various films, filmstrips, videotapes, media kits, transparencies, slides, and other visual aids in current circulation among schools, universities, and…

Instruction and learning encompass more processes than are included in learning theories themselves. Instruction involves gaining and controlling attention, stimulating recall, guiding the learning, providing feedback, arranging for remembering, and assessing outcomes. These functions are performed by various media of instruction, but ultimately…

Instructional technology has dramatized the need for a complete overhaul of educational systems; tacking on "innovations" will not do. The grip of dead tradition on education must be pried loose. Process, rather than content, should be stressed in learning. The challenge for instructional technology, as for education in general, is to devise an…

The question of whether instructional technology is within the reach of the less affluent college leads to the following observations and conclusions: Instructional technology will not, cannot, and probably should not reduce the already meager budgets of the less affluent college. Technology has produced very little change in the average level of…

This curriculum guide, devised in the Speech and Language Development Project in the Milwaukee public schools, lists activities in decoding, memory, association, and encoding, and outlines four study units to stimulate language development. It also contains references to instructional aids (books, filmstrips, instructo flannel materials, records,…

The purpose of this paper is to briefly sketch a paradigm which the authors feel has promise of placing the selection of media to present basic concepts on a scientific basis, and may also suggest fruitful hypotheses for testing. The authors suggest that the following steps be taken: (1) Identify and describe the concepts in terms of defining…

Over 25,000 filmstrips are described in this revision of the "Index to 35mm Filmstrips." The volume is divided into: a subject guide, an alphabetical guide, and a directory of producers and distributors. Information provided in the alphabetical guide includes the complete title of the filmstrip with the physical description immediately following,…

A record of how present-day desk dictionaries are recognizing the existence of variant or secondary spellings for many common English words, this reference list can be used by teachers of English and authors of spelling lists. Originally published in 1958, this revised edition uses two dictionaries not in existence then and the revised editions of…

Rules for cataloging non-print media are presented. The publication is devoted exclusively to cataloging standards since coding of many non-print media is included in the Library of Congress MARC system. All elements which should appear on the cataloging card are identified; the elements of the description are described with the MARC format in…

A look at the role of tape-slide packages in nursing education and a list of preliminary stages in the production of these units. (HB)