Leaders in AECT and the media professions respond to questions posed by Previews as a way of elucidating the issues that will be discussed at the 1974 AECT Annual Convention. (Author/JB)

A European gives his reaction to the Department of Audiovisual Instruction's National Convention held in Portland, Oregon, April 27 - May 1, 1969. The theme of the conference was "Media and Social Crisis. (LS)

A report on the Fifteenth Lake Okoboji Educational Media Leadership Conference, whose theme was "Curricula-Media Dialogue for Meeting Changing Community Needs. (LS)

A report on the 1969 Conference and Exhibition of England's National Committee for Audio-Visual Aids in Education, Held in London. (LS)

The director outlines the itinerary of Temple University's study tour of educational media in Europe and Russia. (LS)

Reports on the current status (purpose, membership, activities, publications, conferences, officers) of six professional organizations: AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology); AMTEC (Association for Media and Technology in Canada); ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement); ISTE (International Society for…

A report on the Council's nineteenth Annual General Assembly held in Stockholm, September 22 - 26, 1969. (LS)

A review of the three main papers presented at the International Conference on Educational Technology with an overview of other topics discussed. (HB)

This manual gives general information on how to plan for each aspect of the Oregon Educational Media Association's (OEMA) fall conference. Part I provides lists of conference objectives and policies, as well as the responsibilities of the OEMA board to the conference committee and of the conference chairperson to the OEMA board. The role of the…

Notes that media studies teachers have few opportunities to network with knowledgeable professionals in media education. Discusses a new organization, the Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA), that offers resources ideal for both new and seasoned media studies teachers. Explains that AMLA hosted the National Media Education Conference…

A REPORT OF A CONFERENCE HELD TO ANALYZE LEARNING THEORY AS IT RELATES TO NEW MEDIA AND THE LEARNER IS PRESENTED. THE INVITATIONAL CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, AND INDUSTRY. THE KNOWLEDGE EXPLOSION COUPLED WITH THE CURRENT REVOLUTION IN…

This guide outlines a course designed to give first-line supervisors in the federal government an understanding of leadership concepts. The methodology of the course is a series of problem-solving conferences. There are 16 sessions in the course: 1. Problem census and introductions; 2. The job; 3. Filling a job - Federal Merit Promotions Policy;…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper describes the efforts of the Caption Center at television station WGBH to caption the television production "The scarlet Letter." Among the challenges for the captioners working on the project were the complex syntax and archaic vocabulary and difficulty in the…