Slavery and the Making of America, a four-part series from PBS, is airing throughout the United States during February 2005. This landmark series examines the history of slavery in the United States and the significant role it played in shaping the development of the Nation. This article describes the series, including online resources, and…

A learning event design for accountability uses a communications framework. The example given is a slide presentation on the invasion of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Design components include introduction, objectives, media, involvement plans, motivation, bibliography, recapitulation, involvement sheets, evaluation, stimulus-response…

A look at how the establishment and maintenance of expertise in existing and evolving techniques of message design, media design, media production, developmental testing and validation can require faculty members be trained. Training can, and should be, provided by means of purposeful programs of in-service education. (Author/HB)

A study which identified and critically analyzed a sample of outstanding instructional films. (Author)

A discussion of several elements that have been identified as components of a quality instructional television program. (Author)

This article suggests numerous ways that teacher educators have successfully incorporated videotape recordings into their training programs and poses important questions for all educators interested in the potential of videotape recordings in the training of teachers. (Author)

Techniques for providing interaction of the student with media. Includes development process and specific suggestions. (LS)

A study to examine on-the-job behaviors and attitudes of teachers compares years of experience, teaching area, and use of instructional media in the classroom, in assignments, and in student evaluations. (Author/LS)

The opportunity for teachers to hear and/or see themselves in action by using media for evaluation and feedback provides an effective means for enhancing teaching performance and evaluating instructional goals. (Author/HB)

A discussion of an experiment to determine if any relationships could be detected between college students' attitudes, demographic characteristics, and grades. (Author)

A communication medium is defined in this article as a discursive or a non-discursive language, and language is defined as a system of symbols, that can be transferred. (Author)

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…

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)