Educational technologies have advanced one of the most important visions of educational reformers, to customize formal and informal learning to individuals. The application of a complex systems framework to the design of learning ecologies suggests that each of a series of ten desirable and malleable features stimulates or propels the other ten,…

In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in the popularity of distance education among higher-education administrators. Students in growing numbers are also taking advantage of the flexibility and accessibility that distance education offers. This growth, however, has been a mixed blessing since it derives from using the Internet…

"The Teaching Revolution" challenges educators to imagine schools the way they should be, with a "big picture" vision that includes student-driven curricula, interconnectivity, and targeted responsiveness to students' individual needs. The authors provide a futuristic and provocative discussion on combining three major instructional…

The author argues for student-centered instruction, where technology can be involved both in the process as well as in the content. (Author/AN)

The director of Project ABLE, a research program which intended to base development" in occupational education upon a unique combination of the most effective features of modern educational technology," gives a brief history and description of the project and states where to obtain furter information. (Author/AA)

An analysis of the gloomy view of educational technology Anthony Oettinger puts forth in his new book. (LS)

Curriculum designers have derived data for instructional purposes from 1) the subject matter, 2) society, and 3) the learner. The computer plays an instrumental role in individualizing the presentation of curriculum derived from these sources. Research on instruction has concerned itself with devising material for individual needs and adapting…

A look at the Air Force Advanced Instructional System (AIS), which is a proposed computer-based multimedia system for the administration and management of individualized technical training on a large scale. (Author)

A study was made to determine the feasibility, infeasibility, or deferred feasibility of adapting a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system to an existing non-automated program for providing keyboard experiences to elementary school children. A systematic task-by-task approach was adopted for the study: learning objectives were assessed, the…

An educational system is presented that can unite an individualized system of learning and teaching with the physical facilities that can move it from theory to practice. (MF)

A discussion of a new curriculum for exceptional child education that emphasizes the uses of educational technology. Approximately 100 referenes are appended. (AA)

This booklet discusses some of the applications of sophisticated technology to various aspects of education and suggests further possible applications of technologies that are still in the initial or beginning stages. The report first attempts to define the word technology, relating it to the terms audiovisual, media, and systems. Then, the…

Establishes the connection between educational technology and distance education, instructional design, and delivery. Concludes that, although technology has had minimal influence in traditional classrooms, it is inextricably from distance education. (SK)

To improve education, creative alternatives to existing practices must be developed. Instructional technology offers promise, but its potential can be made use of fully only within a systems approach, applied both to improving structures of education and instructional processes. The systems approach can plan a system of instruction which has all…