A special committee on technology and instruction, appointed by the AASA in 1967, reviewed the literature on instructional technology and visited the experimental and developmental work being done in the area. This document presents the committee's report to the profession on the promises and immediate possibilities of the new technology. The contents focus on technology as a systematic approach to practical problems. Seven chapter incorporate a review of interesting and meaningful issues in instructonal technology, provide a description of its current status, identify recent and significant innovations in the teaching or learning process, examine the existing evidence based on research or experience that supports newly developed techniques and approaches to instruction, and appraise the validity of claims for instructional innovation. (Author/MLF)