Presented are the proceedings of a national workshop, titled "Media as an Instructional Aid with the Deaf-Blind", designed to introduce new ideas, techniques, and approaches to media production methods for the deaf-blind and to examine copyright laws as they pertain to reproduction of materials for educational use. Entries by media personnel…

This booklet summarizes a conference on consumer education which was held for educators, community leaders, program administrators, consumer advocates, and journalists to introduce the principal issues facing consumers and to explore effective program designs and teaching methods and materials. Following a brief executive summary of the conference…

In July of 1975, a conference was held at the University of Wisconsin to examine the feasibility of using cable television as a public library resource and to explore varied uses and techniques for portable video tape machines. Included in this program events are: (1) a bibliography of readings about cable television; (2) the text of an address…

This report summarizes the proceedings of a September 1975 conference of Commonwealth educators, who deliberated on the following issues involving educational materials: (1) variety and potential uses; (2) design and production; (3) use in teaching and learning situations; (4) programs for training and supervision for efficient use; and (5)…

A training seminar in the use of media (primarily videotape) was conducted by the Southern Regional Media Center for the Deaf in July 1971 for directors of 40 early childhood centers. The following were representative goals of the program: (1) familiarize institute participants with various form of media equipment, (2) provide an opportunity to…

In March of 1974, a conference was held to advise the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) on the nature of future global problems (energy use, population growth, economic and technological expansion). Participants were asked to examine conflicting interpretations of these problems and the assumptions on which the viewpoints are…

In this publication, issued twice per year, four major topics are discussed: (1) chemistry course content, including chemistry for nonscience students and nurses; (2) using media in chemistry, such as behavioral objectives and audio-tutorial aids; (3) chemical technology, with emphasis on the Chemical Technology Curriculum Project (Chem TeC); and…

A seminar was held in March, 1976, at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Annual Convention to discuss the problems of nonprint media selection. The major question raised in the seminar was the extent to which an economical information system to provide qualitative as well as purely technical descriptions of…

This collection of 32 research papers presented to the Research and Theory Division at the 1979 convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology represents some of the most current thinking in the educational communications and technology field. While each paper was intended to stand alone, they have been grouped in five…

The papers presented at this conference focus on instructional technology in community/junior colleges. The keynote speaker, F. Elkins, addresses the problem of involving faculty in a Learning Resources Program--teaching faculty to utilize available media materials and to develop their own materials, in order to provide students with alternate…

At the Second World Conference on Computers in Education nearly 150 papers were presented. The author gives an overview of the conference, and selects a few of the papers for further discussion. Vendor-supplied computer education, "information science" as a high school elective, and computer-assisted instruction in a broader spectrum of course…

This summary report of the annual conference includes statements of participant concerns prepared for the planning committee, the keynote address on the impact of mass media on education by Nicholas Johnson with responses by Minaruth Galey and Jon Dunn, and reports from the groups which studied the seven subtopics identified in general sessions:…

The proceedings of the Institute on Continuing Education Program Planning for Library Staffs in the Southwest contain historical and state-of-the-art information, needs assessments, program planning information, program descriptions and the Continuing Education for Library Staff program. The continuing education needs of medical, school, special,…

A meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization confirmed that teachers and research workers have been faced with the problem of diversification of methods and techniques in language teaching and with the necessity of adapting approaches to the specific needs of the many categories of learners. A new approach in…

Educational television and radio research and evaluation findings are the subject of 25 papers summarized in this document. Seven papers deal with evaluation of research projects in educational television and radio. Four papers on adult education and two on educational technology in teacher training are also summarized. Research in teaching with…