This guide discusses five common CAI author misconceptions and their consequences. Working backward in each instance to show how the difficulty might better have been approached at the onset, it attempts to map out essential decision points in lesson development. The decision points identified cover (1) choosing the best medium for the lesson, (2)…

Provides guidelines for schools choosing a media retrieval system. Topics include broadband, baseband, coaxial cable, or fiber optic decisions; the control network; selecting scheduling software; presentation software; device control; control from the classroom; and a comparison of systems offered by five companies. (LRW)

Proposes a framework to help course developers design criteria for optimal media deployment. The merits of radio, television, audio, video, and print are briefly compared with computer-based media and analyzed in light of six types of media characteristics: symbol system, access, controllability, student reactivity, interactivity, and adaptivity.…