The purpose of this guidebook is to assist education agencies and organizations--which include state education agencies or state departments of education, school districts, and schools--in the development, maintenance, and standardization of effective Web sites. Also included is a detailed examination of the procedures necessary to provide…

Multimedia learning environments commonly comprise different sources of information such as various linguistic as well as static and dynamic pictorial representations. In this context, it is frequently assumed that the (simultaneous) presentation of different and possibly complementary sources of information improves learning. During the last 10…

The 21st century will require educational changes to meet the demands of industry. Workers in the 21st century must come equipped with a repertoire of both science and technology skills. Currently, many employers are concerned about where they will find highly trained and capable employees for the new century. Therefore, it has become increasingly…

The main focus of current discussions within the standardization process of learning technology is on economical opportunities and technical aspects of learning objects. There has been little discussion about the instructional or didactical issues. The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize a taxonomy of learning objects for the facilitation of…

This paper describes a project, currently in the planning stage, that is intended to provide definitive instructional technology standards for Taiwan's colleges and universities. The objective is that upon, completion of this project, instructional technology quantitative and qualitative standards for colleges and universities in Taiwan will be…

This report is devoted to the role and effectiveness of the state: what the state should do, how it should do it, and how it can do it better in a rapidly changing world. The pathways to an effective state are many and varied. The report provides a framework for guiding these efforts, in the form of a two-part strategy. The first part of the…

This paper examines the accomplishments of the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) district research partners. Informed by 2 years of collaborative experience, the report documents the process McREL used in selecting partner sites and guides future field-based research partnerships by discussing problems encountered and…

This brochure provides an overview of the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES). CES is a growing network of over 1,200 schools and 20 regional support centers that promotes higher student achievement. The CES arose out of "The Study of American High Schools," led by Theodore R. Sizer, and began with 12 schools in 1984. Today, CES…

These curriculum guidelines are intended to offer some quality control for: programs just beginning with their curriculum development and other academic considerations; programs already in existence which are struggling to upgrade the content of their programs; and agencies which are administratively and financially responsible for implementing…

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has taken advantage of a unique and timely opportunity to build on core strengths in information studies and on complementary strengths elsewhere in the Graduate School of Education and Information Science (GSE&IS) and on campus to achieve an academic program that lies at the intellectual core…

Selected for their influence on the field, their continued reference over the years, and the reputation of the authors, these 15 seminal papers are considered to be foundations in the field of instructional technology. Extending the purpose of the first volume to primary writings of the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, this work continues to document the…

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is an independent, national, educational research and development agency that was established in 1930 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation (United States). ACER's mission is to provide high quality educational research, services, and materials to improve educational policy and practice.…

This bulletin is a continuation of the author's inquiry into the conceptual problems of national development as initially presented in "Education and the Development of Human Technology." It is based on a paper prepared by the author as background for a Consultant Seminar on Human Resources Development in August 1962. The purpose of both…

Described Indiana University's new Division of Teacher Education. (RK)

An assessment of coproductions made by the Netherlands and Belgium. (Author)