This compilation of readings in educational media and research makes accessible published and unpublished documents relevant to designers and users of educational media. Volume I is divided into two parts, "Basic Foundations" and "Media Characteristics.""Basic Foundations" refers to that upon which a science of instructional media design and…

This compilation of readings in educational media and research makes accessible published and unpublished documents relevant to designers and users of educational media. Volume II includes part 3, "Research on Media Types," part 4, "Media Design and Production," and part 5, "Media Content and Objectives.""Research on Media Types" includes…

This compilation of readings in educational media and research makes accessible published and unpublished documents relevant to designers and users of educational media. Volume III includes part 6, "Learner Characteristics," and part 7, the "Conditions of Media Use.""Learner Characteristics" relates the nature of human aptitude to instructional…

Articles report surveys and research studies as well as describe systems in educational technology. Areas treated include the following: multihandicapped blind and deaf blind children in California, by B. Lowenfeld; modern trends in mobility, by J.A. Leonard; factors in the definition of deafness as they relate to incidence and prevalence, by J.…

Job and educational opportunities are increasing dramatically. School guidance counselors can no longer cope adequately with the available information, nor can they help all students to see the complex range of alternative life styles. Computers are now programed to give students information. They can also provide for students' decision-making…

The final report of a 2-year study by the Commission on Non-Traditional Study (sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board and the Educational Testing Service), the book deals with lifelong learning, external degrees, institutional reshaping, and educational alternatives. Suggestions and recommendations of the commission reflect the…

The third of six instructional blocks in automotive mechanics, the lessons and supportive information in the document provide a guide for teachers in planning an instructional program in automotive electricity at the secondary and post secondary level. The material, as organized, is a suggested sequence of instruction within each block. Each…

This document consists of 28 written testimonies submitted to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in preparation for the oral hearing of the Commission scheduled October 5, 1973 in Boston. The testimonies were presented in response to the Commission's request to comment on one or more of six topics: 1) new federal…

These three lists are part of a series which will form a bibliography of Russian language teaching materials. The bibliography comprises a list of contents, annotations, a letter classification which gives a guide to the level of suitability of the material, an author index, and a list of publishers' addresses. Eash list treats a different…

A computer-assisted, competency-based instructional model has been developed for a teacher education program. It is based on the assumptions that individuals should control their own lives and that technology should be used to expand the range of human choice. The model uses a systems approach to organize the human, curricular and environmental…

The definition of instructional technology used in this bibliography is based on the definition used by the report of the Commission on Instructional Technology, "To Improve Learning." Instructional Technology in this sense is not confined to the use of specific media, but also includes systematic approaches to the use of human and…

In this survey and analysis of the present state and future trends of communication media and educational technology, particular emphasis is placed on the potential uses of communication satellites and the substitution of electronic transmission for physical distribution of educational materials. The author analyzes in detail the characteristics…

The reconciliation of the various educational schools of thought to the accommodation of the fact that the United States is a technological nation will do much to further the definition of firm national educational goals. Though the "new humanists" have made multiple demands upon the system during the sixties, they only represent a maze of…

The large-scale development of Time-Shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled, Information Television (TICCIT) at Brigham Young University is described in this paper. The TICCIT project was designed to provide a market success example for computer-assisted instruction, particularly for junior or community colleges. The project incorporated a…

This collection of articles on foreign language instruction in junior and community colleges focuses on four principal areas: the junior community college, the "Proceedings of the Illinois Conference on Foreign Languages in Junior and Community Colleges," factual information, and action reports. The articles discuss pluralism and the community…