Perhaps the sixties media revolution burned out because it was too concerned with pigeonholing the various forms rather than probing them. But given some convincing theories and some solid resources, educators of the eighties can profitably rekindle that revolution. (Author)

A mathematics instructor at Muskegon Community College describes his successful use of rear-view slide projection, audio tapes, and videotapes in teaching calculus. (DC)

Educational uses of personal computers have progressed from basic early applications to professional commercial software to multimedia. The telematics industry as yet serves no educational objective and is not part of a long-term vision, and teachers lack skills in information technology. Telematics could learn from 15 years of educational…

Students learned about electric motors by asking questions and receiving answers from an on-screen pedagogical agent named Dr. Phyz who stood next to an on-screen drawing of an electric motor. Results are consistent with a cognitive theory of multimedia learning and yield principles for the design of interactive multimedia learning environments.…

Developed an integrated view of learning from verbal and pictorial representations and analyzed the effects of different kinds of multiple external representations on the structure of mental models. Results from 60 college students indicate that the structure of graphics affects the structure of the mental model. (SLD)

In 2 experiments, learners who were seated at a computer workstation received a narrated animation about lightning formation. Then, they took a retention test, a transfer test, and rated the speaker. The results are consistent with social agency theory, which posits that social cues in multimedia messages can encourage learners to interpret…

Describes applications of multimedia and telematics at Paradise Valley Community College (Arizona), the University of Delaware, and Miami-Dade Community College. Shows how these programs solve problems of cost and development time; stresses the importance of networking and interactivity. (SK)

Advantages of multimedia instruction include reduced learning time, cost, and behavior problems and increased privacy, retention, motivation, and access. Disadvantages include cost, copyright issues, and lack of teacher training in its use. (SK)

Story-telling techniques improve the effectiveness of the training message on videotape. Five basic elements are present in every story: a person has a problem or conflict, experiences an intervention or insight that transforms or changes the person and creates a new order. (SK)

Addresses concerns that various sectors involved in the multimedia industry have concerning intellectual property rights. Issues affecting copyright owners, hardware manufacturers, and producers are discussed, including user fees, licensing agreements, quality assurances, pricing, copyright ownership, and the control of distribution and marketing.…

Describes the steps of analysis, design, production, testing, and delivery/maintenance in the process of developing multimedia instructional materials for technology education. (SK)

Old technology (the computer) coupled with borrowed technology (television, film, and stereo) complemented by multimedia standards from IBM, Apple, and the MPC Council and linked by new software form a new technology called multimedia, being used in education and in business training. (Author/JOW)

Discusses intelligent agent development environments and distance learning environments, and describes ROADS (Real-time Object-oriented Agent Development System) that has been developed and used to manage the acquisition and presentation of multimedia information in distance learning. Explains a theory of objects and gives a distance learning…

Reviews literature from neuroscience and mass communications regarding how media affects learning and memory and relates research findings to interactive multimedia. Topics discussed include knowledge and media; neurological conceptions of memory; media and memory; and interactive multimedia and memory. (Contains 24 references.) (LRW)

Suggests that it is impossible to keep up with the explosion of information about multimedia training. Looks at the history of computers in education, offers a list of experts in the computer industry, and gives information that will increase trainers' familiarity with hardware and software terminology. (JOW)