The intended end product of the research project described is an "intelligent" multimedia tutoring system for procedural tasks, in particular, the repair of physical objects. This paper presents the data structure that will be used, i.e., a graph with five types of nodes (mental, abstract, motoric or action, visual, and verbal) and two types of…

Southland Corporation chose the sound-on-slide system to train employees and finds it fast, economical, and effective. (MW)

Constitutes a guide to software, hardware, and multimedia learning programs. Aims to assist school board members, superintendents, and school principals with the comparative use and usefulness of today's curriculum commodities. (Author/WM)

A brief discussion on how pictures are related to written text. (HB)

A multimedia test developed in the Criminal Investigator Supervisor's block of the Officer Advanced Course at the U.S. Army Military Police School for the 1972 sessions. (Author)

This article describes how to assemble inquiry-oriented, materials-centered, multimedia unit packages to be prepared by elementary education students for use in student teaching. (PD)

In certain teaching situations, many modern communication systems can enhance the approach to learning. Described in this article is a student/teacher laboratory, using multi-media techniques, where the student/teacher acquires self sufficiency in the use of the techniques and the instructor/tutor takes on a new role of guide/manager. (Author/DS)

The author discusses the andragogical process and its application to distance education through stages involving: conducive learning climate, mutual planning, self-diagnosis, formulation of objectives, general design, selection of techniques and materials, and evaluation procedures. Teaching strategies focus on group discussion, media, and tutors.…

Photographs of a beetle, Catamerus rugosus, were taken at different stages in its life cycle. Students were asked to relate these to real life and carry out a statistical analysis to determine the degree of dispersion of animals. Results demonstrate a change in dispersion throughout the life cycle. (Author/EB)

The 35mm transparency projector and the overhead projector are described as being useful as teaching aids. Experiments are suggested. (Author/EB)

This article discusses the role of media in educational innovation and efficiency, as well as implications for teacher training and teacher role. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

A symposium on the gap between equipping schools with educational media and teachers' effective use of the media was organized in 1977 by the European Information Centre for Further Education of Teachers (Prague, Czechoslovakia). It was attended by 35 Czechoslovak and 22 foreign experts from Europe and Russia, and a representative each from the…

A survey of participants in a symposium on the use of educational media by teachers in Europe elicited replies from teachers, specialists in teacher education, and experts in educational media. All expressed positive attitudes toward increasing educational technology in schools. However, while some educators felt that educational technology will…