Lists commercially available books in the field of educational media and technology that carry a 1992, 1993, or 1994 copyright date. Books are grouped in the following categories: (1) the field of educational technology; (2) design functions; (3) delivery options; (4) applications and settings; and (5) emerging issues. Major publishers and…

Discusses the influence of films on the author and concludes that traditional media has not died out, but rather has changed due to technology. Films are now watched on television as well as at a cinema; radio is more pervasive; and newspapers are still valued. (LRW)

After 38 pork producers were introduced to eight distance educational media, most were willing to try all media except chatrooms and multimedia kits; 86% preferred face-to-face to distance education although 87% believed distance education is the future for information access. Limited distance education use may be due to limited exposure rather…

This study explored the feasibility of using a first-person narrative style for video description of an animated comedy, "Odd Job Jack." It found that viewers who are blind find the first-person style more engaging, entertaining, and preferable but less trustworthy than the more conventional third-person description style.

In his previous articles (1997, 1998, 1999), the author developed a theoretical and applied approach to analyzing interactions between the uses of constructive design elements in a wide range of images and the anticipated responses by their viewers. This Image Presentation Theory--IPT--is based in the traditional cinematic concepts of "window" and…

In 1983, Clark declared that instructional methods determine how effective a piece of instruction is and that media?s only influence is on cost and distribution. His argument (Clark, 1983) was that "media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes…

Does the modality of instructional messages affect learning? How does it affect different media? In this paper, I offer an answer to these questions by first proposing a theoretical framework from which effective instructional methods can be derived. Then, I report a set of studies where one method, the modality principle, was tested across…

Today's K-20 students have been called, among other names, the net generation. As they matriculate through the education system, they are often exposed to materials and manipulatives used for the past 40 years, and not to the digital media to which they are accustomed. As student scores continue to regress from Grade 3 to Grade 12 and technical…

Teachers are hungry for strategies that will motivate their students to engage in reading and writing. One promising method is the Authoring With Video (AWV) approach, which encourages teachers to use captioning software and digital video in writing assignments. AWV builds on students' fascination with television and video but removes the audio…

This report is the first effort to stake out the territory to be included in research on the profession of educational media and technology (em/t), and explore the existing knowledge base within that territory. It comprises a set of questions, the answers to which cast a light on who is in the profession, where it is going, and what useful…

A discussion of why schools, at all levels, need the continuing and contiguous services of specialists in message design, media design, media production, and validation. (Author)

A look at an experiment in which three pilot inquiries relating to non-traditional instructional media "treatments" evidenced only one difference--roommate impact--having statistically significant differences associated with learning as reflected in earned, college-level grade-point averages. (Author)

A look at a model for global awareness, which defines the earth as a single system where awareness of other cultures as well as one's own is important. The model deals with the general purposes of global awareness in the traditional school structure and the teacher competencies that must be identified to implement such a model. (HB)

A look at how a media mobile unit was able to help teachers in the field, not presently in training, to learn to use instructional media effectively in Tasmania, Australia. (HB)