Although there are many reports on the introduction of replicable media in junior college instruction, there is a lack of coordinated research on any particular form of instruction. This is a serious matter, for, without date on whether or not anyone has learned anything from one medium, the introduction of any other medium is necessarily based on…

Author focuses on the information processing approach to interaction studies and particularly on the process, the events that occur before, during and after a learning task. (Author/HB)

EXPERIMENTS WERE DEVISED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THESE WERE CONCERNED WITH WHETHER (1) METHODS OF LESSON PREPARATION AND TRYOUT COULD USE STUDENT RESPONSES TO REVISE AND IMPROVE A TELEVISION LESSON, (2) METHODS OF ELICITING ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSE DURING INSTRUCTION COULD INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF LEARNING, AND (3)…

This discussion of the information-processing model of learning as it relates to research in educational media traces research in conceptual organization to its beginnings in mathematical models of information-processing; addresses research hypotheses concerning structure and organization, processes and processing systems, and perceptual cues; and…

This issue of "Journalism Monographs" is devoted to a discussion of the Policies and problems of the international broadcasting operation "The Voice of America" (VOA). The monograph begins with an examination of the origins of America's entry into international broadcasting and the creation of the Office of War Information in…

In this study of Title VII, the research and dissemination activities carried out between 1958 and 1968, the educational advances and changes made, and the strengths and weaknesses of the administrative procedures are investigated, analyzed, researched, and assessed. Activities carried out in the conduct of the study were: (1) thorough research…

Research was undertaken to compare the attitudes toward instructional media of seconeary education majors who took a full course in media with those of comparable students who received an introduction to media as part of a general methods course. Based on the previous findings that improved attitude led to improved and more effective utilization,…

Major efforts should be made to foster an appreciation of research evidence to support evaluative judgments and to apply theoretical concepts from educational psychology and instructional media. With such efforts a more "scientific" evaluation of learning resources could be developed. (Author)

Techniques for field observation take into account such variables as intention, action, and situation, which are neglected by the stimulus-response model. One field technique, direct observation, is discussed in detail. (Author/STS)

A survey of instructional media graduates and their job placement status for 1972-73. (HB)

A discussion of the current pressures on libraries to organize their non-book materials, and the reluctance of professional bibliographers to perform the bibliographic control of media which is essential to their location, selection, storage, retrieval, and preservation. (RM)

The author proposes that Guilford's structure-of-intellect model be used as a starting point for researchers studying the interaction of instructional media attributes with individual differences in cognitive variables. (BD)

Offers suggestions for making effective videos for academic or commercial presentations. Highlights include focusing on the objective of the video; communicating the intended message; limited use of special effects; showing versus telling; careful use of narration; use of humor; and endings. (LRW)

Discussion of the education of students with autism focuses on the use of multimedia systems and reviews the current state of the field. Suggests that systems should be developed that directly address autism-specific impairments and considers autistic student education in the context of equality of access to education. (Author/LRW)