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Zender, Bryce F. – AV Communication Review, 1972
A survey of the development of instructional systems in the Soviet Union. (Editor)
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Development, Instructional Systems
Winn, William – AV Communication Review, 1975
Rejecting the cybernetic model of the learner, the author offers an open-system model based on von Bertalanffy's equation for growth of the living organism. The model produces four learning curves, not just the logarithmic curve produced by the successive approximations of the cybernetic model. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Instructional Systems, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Tosti, Donald T.; Harmon, N. Paul – AV Communication Review, 1973
A definition of a conceptual approach to the analysis of educational systems. The authors believe that by centering attention of the instructional management decision-making process, which mediates between activities of the students and the learning environment, much of the present confusion surrounding the design of educational systems can be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Decision Making Skills, Instructional Design
Schwen, Thomas M. – AV Communication Review, 1973
A definition and brief history of the learner analysis function as it relates to instructional development. (HB)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design
Stowe, Richard A. – AV Communication Review, 1973
Authors state that research and the systems approach are effective in mutually exclusive ways, differentially applicable in educational problem-solving, and thus complementary, suggesting that each can be studied using the methodology of the other. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Instructional Systems
David, Austin – AV Communication Review, 1973
A television-telephone-computer system was used to teach approximately a hundred teachers about computers in 8 TV lessons. Additional study materials were available to some groups through the system. The subjects did learn about computers, were able to use the system, and rated the system favorably as a pedagogical tool. While technically…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computers
Davies, Ivor K. – AV Communication Review, 1973
A discussion of the role of task analysis in theory of instruction and theory of learning set within the broader context of theory of knowledge. (HB)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Systems