Audio description (AD) is a mode of audiovisual transfer which involves making audiovisual content and live performances accessible to people with sight loss. With the growing demand for this audiovisual translation (AVT) practice, a need has arisen to train professionals in the area. As a result, AD courses have sprung up, both in the form of…

This article presents the SONAR project ("Subtitulación sOcial para proporcioNar Accesibilidad audiovisual en la univeRsidad" [SOcial subtitliNg to provide Audiovisual accessibility at the univeRsity]). Conducted to assess the validity of the creation of social subtitling networks, its ultimate goal is to better understand the role that…

The impact of technology on audiovisual translation has been enormous, and it continues to change not only audiovisual production and distribution models but also the profile of the translator and the concept of audience. The development of new digital technologies has led to the emergence of internet communities of non-professional translators…

The goal of this paper is to analyze the creative processes undertaken in a community of teenagers participating in entertainment workshops designed to develop digital literacies. The main goal is to outline support strategies to generate digital literacy among young people who participate in social networks. We adopt an ethnographic and action…

Discusses the low cost and high advantage rate found in the use of closed circuit television. (RB)

Describes an individualized course in language instruction which was made possible through an adjustment of the "traditional" language course and through the use of filmstrips and tapes. (RL)

Described is the Multi-Media Classroom Center for Survival Vocabulary through Speechreading and Auditory Training, a program for hearing impaired students (7 to 15 years old). The Learning Center is noted to consist of two media stations, each with a variety of stimuli which have been designed to actively involve the students in speechreading and…

Describes a method used at Catawba Valley Technical Institute (CVTI) to provide individualized feedback to students in basic English composition courses through tape recordings of the teacher's reactions and suggestions. Presents suggestions for instructors on how to utilize tape feedback, lists actual classroom logistics to implement the program,…

The science department of a Japanese technical high school developed a programmed learning system for first and second year science courses. Utilized are various machines and audiovisual equipment in a total media system. (Author/TS)

Utilization of audiovisual aids, role-playing exercises, and a guest speakers program contributes to the operational relevancy of standard undergraduate child psychology training. (LH)

Describes the use of self-instructional materials for teaching dental technology. Training Technology is issued twice yearly as a supplement to Educational Technology Magazine. (GB)

Computerized instructional television was used to teach undergraduate students about 100,000 or more extant fungi through an interactive, self testing, teaching program. Students did not find this sophisticated hardware an adequate substitute for the lecture experience and ultimately gave their professor a strong vote of confidence. (Author/JEG)

Citing problems with a traditional introductory chemistry laboratory program, discusses a two-semester, project-oriented laboratory program using traditional experiments. A series of slide/tape programs discussing/illustrating potentially difficult concepts and techniques is used to facilitate instruction. Includes list of topics covered in the…

Designed for the practitioner concerned with motivating students to read, the 28 articles in this book are arranged in four sections. The articles in the first section, "Methodology," deal with how to motivate students to read. Among the topics covered in this section are the newspaper as a tool for teaching reading, comic books as motivators,…