Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational sectors. A theoretical and historical analysis of these media in the light of earlier media transformations, however, helps to situate and qualify this…

In 2007, Hamilton College, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University received a grant from the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Instructional Innovation Fund to take stock of the ways in which multimodal assignments were being used on campuses and to look in particular at the ways in which such assignments…

This review of the literature discusses the relative effectiveness of what Schramm has called the "big media" (films, TV) and the "little media" (radio, discs, audiotapes). Twenty-eight references are appended. (Author/LLS)

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES A BASIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERSON DESIRING TO INTERPRET, CONDUCT, OR DIRECT RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. (MS)

A discussion of three factors which could make a difference in learning from television: the technology involved, the content transmitted, and the symbolic codes into which the messages are coded. (Author/HB)

The introduction to the theme of the issue of AVCR gives the rationale for concentrating on aptitude-treatment interaction research and summarizes and comments on the contribution of each author. (Author)

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED (1) TO ASCERTAIN WHAT EMPHASIS COULD BE PLACED ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA FOR PRESERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND (2) TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE PROCEDURES FOR THE SELECTION AND UTILIZATION OF THESE MEDIA FOR TEACHING. THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED (1) CONDUCTING A LITERATURE SEARCH, (2)…

Author suggests a number of strategies for constructing a taxonomy that would take into account media, individual differences, and behaviors. (Author/HB)

A media division within the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) was established to provide its members with an organization dedicated to the study and exchange of information about practical, applied, and evaluated uses of media. Four major study areas are identified--the media, measurement, organizational, and technological…

The paper identifies theoretical constructs and shows their application from 1955-1980 in media developments for teaching hearing impaired students. Changes are traced to such events as technological developments, social forces, and the advent of new theories, including behaviorism. (CL)

A three dimensional classification of psychological attributes of media is proposed. Using this classification system to related media, learner, and task characteristics may lead to a rational approach to media selection. (Author/STS)

A review of two types of studies; those in which media were added to conventional instruction, and those in which media replaced conventional instruction. The studies were selected to help the media director justify media programs. (Author)