This article discusses a study that investigated the development of the Online Resource Selection Instructional Design Script (ORSIDS) and its efficacy in assisting college-employed instructional designers in guiding faculty with selecting learning objects for their online courses. The study established the value of teaching instructional design…

Outlines steps in producing videos for marketing camp programs: defining the need for the video and what population it will target; determining a budget based on technical quality and what uses the video will have; and developing and revising a script that highlights the action of the video. (LP)

The purpose of this inservice program is to introduce new staff members in elementary, middle, or high schools to the nonprint resources in their building so they will be able to select, produce, and correctly use nonprint media to improve instruction as quickly as possible. It is designed to be taught by the staff member who is most familiar with…

The document is one of two containing scripts meant to be used with filmstrips as part of in-service teacher training workshops arising from the National Curriculum Development Project for Vocational Educators of Disadvantaged and Handicapped Students. The scripts are for filmstrips entitled "Individualizing Instruction for Disadvantaged or…

The portrayal of male and female roles on prime-time television programs was investigated. Sixteen programs were observed, and data on the number and occupation of female and male characters, on positive and negative behaviors, including competence and aggression, were recorded. Plot summaries were also written for typical episodes. Research on…

The level of abstraction of the message and the educational effects of five media presentations (Print, verbal sound, print/pictures, print/verbal sound, and pictures/verbal sound) were experimentally investigated. The media components were presented singly or in combination to 6th grade students in a uniformly controlled consistent environment.…

This compendium lists 442 tapes, scripts, and transcriptions which are available free of cost to schools and libraries. Of these titles, 259 are new this year. Forty-one of the titles may be kept permanently by the user. Cassettes and videotapes are included in this edition for the first time. The items are listed by topics; accident prevention…