Both general and specific guidelines are proposed for the use of different types of graphics under specified conditions which would be relevant to various instructional applications of the videodisc. The general guidelines cut across several conditional variables--e.g., color, realism, motion--while the specific guidelines are directly related to…

This paper distinguishes between basic research, applied research, and evaluation. Evaluation is broken down into two types: summative and formative. The limitations of formative research are presented, followed by a discussion of the value of the formative researcher participating in the product planning process. The types of data which formative…

An annotated bibliography of recently published materials regarding media and adult education contains 1,661 items arranged under the following broad categories: (1) Issues in Media, (2) Media Types, (3) Program or Subject Area, and (4) General Combining Concepts. Items are further arranged into 59 clusters, which are labeled alphabetically,…

For the abstract of the Final Report, see ED 042 064 in this issue of RIE. (LS)

Describes evaluation methods currently in use by the BBC's advisory councils and by external researchers in collaboration with them. (BR)

The major theme is that better and more productive studies could emerge if media research would move out of its traditional either-internal- or-external validity conflict. (Author/MV)

Examines the methods of conventional instructional media research to gauge its sufficiency; gives examples of complex media effects; identifies three emerging media application models; and offers an alternative values framework for guiding research on the effects of modern interactive technologies in complex learning environments. (Contains 52…

A survey of student and teacher attitudes toward instructional media in southwestern Michigan is described. (PF)

The purpose of this study was to compute and analyze descriptive indices of efficiency assessing the relative effectiveness of a verbal and visual color code applied to self-paced learning and testing materials. The sample consisted of 176 college subjects randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions receiving black/white (B) or color…

This study examined eight areas that are related to the problems of authoring and producing training-oriented videodiscs: the delivery system itself; media selection during instructional systems development; instructional strategies; author mock-up and simulation prior to premastering; premastering; mastering and replication; composition of…

THE USE OF PICTORIAL SYMBOLS IN THE COMMUNICATIVE PROCESS WAS EXAMINED TO ENHANCE ASSOCIATED TEACHING AND LEARNING CONCEPTS. THE ANALYSIS WAS APPROACHED BY PROVIDING EMPIRICAL DATA ON CONCEPT FORMATION, SEMIOTICS, AND THE COMPARATIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED--(1) EXAMINATION OF THE RESEARCH IN THE PICTORIAL AND MEDIA REALMS, (2)…

Research on media and technology in education appears in many forms and styles. The results of this research so far has been quite disappointing, in that researchers have failed to point out the difference between research on media and research with media. Research also has tended to become highly specific, thus losing representativeness. A…

Written for those in educational technology and in general education, this report is intended to stimulate a reopening of dialogue and a renewed awareness of common interests between the disciplines of communication research and instructional media research. In stressing the more applied side of communication theory (i.e. those parts which seem…

A study tested two alternative theories about the role of color in visual learning: first, that color provides an additional dimension of realism which results in the learner attaining a more complete image of the object or event and second, that color functions only as a coding device which facilitates the storage and retrieval of the image. Two…