A description of Paddock School, a school for the severely mentally handicapped, and its special audiovisual program for instruction. (HB)

Conversational technologies such as email, chat rooms, and blogs have made the transition from novel communication technologies to powerful tools for learning. Currently virtual worlds are undergoing the same transition. We argue that the next wave of innovation is at the level of the computer interface, and that mixed-reality environments offer…

By describing a fictional simulated environment project, this short story demonstrates how an educational innovation may have unexpected and unpleasant consequences. (JG)

Essay attempts to summarize a portion of the impact of the new technology upon the total structure of higher education in America, as mankind's third great revolution has come full circle and tools of its emergence are now, if grudgingly, being felt upon the university campus. (Author/CB)

This article outlines a learning intervention which the authors call Learning by Design. The goal of this intervention is classroom and curriculum transformation, and the professional learning of teachers. The experiment involves the practical application of the learning theory to everyday classroom practice. Its ideas are grounded in pedagogical…

This article addresses the question, "Does the introduction of a language laboratory improve the functioning of a given teaching method?" Four experiments with the language laboratory are described and analyzed: the Keating and Lorge experiments in New York, the Jalling experiment in Sweden, and the Freedman experiment in Great Britain. These…

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE NOW BECAUSE THE ENORMOUS INCREASE IN THE RATE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE 1940'S HAS ALTERED OUR SOCIETY FROM A PERFORMANCE TO A LEARNING SOCIETY. IN A PERFORMANCE SOCIETY, LEARNING IS A PRELUDE TO THE PRACTICE OF A FIXED SET OF SKILLS. HOWEVER, IN A LEARNING SOCIETY THE…

Fourth- and fifth-graders were taught how to design simple unconfounded experiments using one of two instructional methods differing only in whether children manipulated physical or virtual materials. Results indicated that the two types of materials were equally effective in achieving several instructional objectives, including the design of…

Determined if college students learn better when using lecture/CAI than by using the conventional lecture method to present visually oriented material. Results indicated no significant difference between the test groups in amount of learning; also, it took longer to present examples to the control group than for the treatment group to absorb…

A fourth quarterly report completes one year of the Educational Policy Research Center's (EPRC) analysis and assessment of the Education Satellite Communication demonstration. Activities and accomplishments during the period April 11, 1975-July 10, 1975 are listed and described. The report also includes cost data from the Appalachian Educational…

FIVE EXPERIMENTS WERE RUN AS A SERIES OF INITIAL EXPLORATIONS TO DETERMINE A WORKABLE, RESEARCH DEFINITION OF THE TERM "UNDERSTANDING" AND TO EVALUATE EXPERIMENTALLY ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DRILL, OR ROTE LEARNING. THE FIVE EXPERIMENTS DEALT WITH THE EFFECTS OF A VISUALLY IMPOSED COGNITIVE STRUCTURE UPON ROTE LEARNING, THE EFFECTS UPON ROTE LEARNING…