Embedded multimedia refers to teaching methods that embed video or DVD content within teachers' lessons. The research of Mayer (2001) and others has suggested that multimedia instruction can enhance learning by using the capacity of both visual and verbal memory systems. The present study evaluated embedded multimedia in a year-long randomized…

New technologies are used in many courses and for many occasions. Good teachers try to use the best tool and the best method to introduce or to treat difficult subjects by presenting the information in different ways: spoken words, written text, pictures, graphs, movies or by using interactive computer tools. It is a fact that students who…

More than 100 videotapes form part of a new remedial algebra program developed by Kingsborough Community College at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Project aim was to improve remedial education in a difficult subject during a budget crisis. (Author)

One evening not too long ago, a well-known American TV news analyst just back from his summer holiday travels was giving wry consolation to less fortunate stay-at-home viewers by sharing his opinions on a few of the risks today's vacationer might encounter upon venturing beyond his own computer-free back yard. To support some pithy comments on the…

Considers a new approach to education, one which focused on the anthropological discipline. (Author/RK)

Author looks at the various aspects of film that make it a potent educational tool. (HB)

Author explains why, at the Des Moines Area Community College, the production of learning packages for developmental and supplemental instruction is considered a vital component of media services. (Author)

A general discussion of the technological revolution in education, particularly higher education at CUNY. (HB)

Two activities are suggested for involving students. In the first, "Project Short Wave", students speak directly to people in geographic region being studied in the classroom. In the second, "Weather and Climate", the teacher's information input is reinforced by student projects. (JH)

A description of distance education in Great Britain, which is defined as a multimedia educational process conducted outside the traditional classroom setting. (HB)

A description of the Open University as a multimedia system for teaching at a distance with consideration of possibilities of transplanting both the concept and the actuality of the university as an institution to the Third World. (HB)

A description of a group-paced multisensory electronic response program developed by the Department of Biology at Ball State University, for teaching biology to non-science majors. (Author/HB)

A description of the learner-centered alternative to traditional teaching methods utilized by the welding program at Kirkwood Community College. (Author/HB)

A description of how microfiche is used in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois. (HB)