Advocates use of media when first-hand experiences are impractical for classrooms, e.g., to provide information about inaccessible places and times, unusual phenomena and sounds, and to capsule time, cope with perishability, and reduce expenses. Roles of overhead projectors, filmstrips and slides, television, videotape and film, microcomputers,…

Suggests programs to increase effectiveness of academic orientation and bibliographic instruction for adult university students. Adult enrollment patterns in Canada and characteristics of adult students which have implications for orientation and bibliographic instruction are examined. Eighteen footnotes are included. (EJS)

Documents the design, development, and evaluation of a computer-managed spelling system for use with microcomputers in elementary schools. A comparison of this new technology with more conventional instruction, which indicated its greater effectiveness and economy, is also described, and implications for the future of computers in education are…

Discusses evaluation of microcomputer courseware for school libraries, noting the evaluation process (selecting evaluation instrument, selecting and obtaining courseware for review), and steps of the evaluation program. Sources of evaluation instruments and courseware reviews, and evaluation forms of California Library Media Consortium for…

Defines boredom, identifies the conditions in which boredom flourishes, and presents a series of suggestions for instructional design strategies that deal with boredom before it becomes an educational problem. An outline--indicating the importance of novelty, surprisingness, incongruity, and uncertainty in averting boredom--and a reference list…

Ninety-five secondary students were given textbook material in which two sequence variations (web and linear) were used in relation to the information processing strategies (serialist or holistic) demonstrated by the students. Users of the web-structured sequence scored higher on concept retention. (Author/JJD)

Physical education teachers must systematically design instructional strategies which: (1) permit positive interaction between student and environment; (2) define elements in the teaching-learning process; (3) interpret how each element contributes to objectives; (4) analyze interdependencies; and (5) organize the best mix. A sample instructional…

The Instructional Systems Development approach for vocational education programs provides a methodology for gathering and analyzing job information, developing instructional materials, and conducting instruction and evaluation. This approach is based upon evidence that each job task can be identified and analyzed and that appropriate objectives…

Describes interactive video teaching system (CAVIS) which mixes videocassette pictures, text, and videotex diagrams and presents via single television screen with sound. The development of CAVIS, related research, teacher-learner interaction, how CAVIS works, creating courseware, equipment compatibility, and evaluating trainee and courseware…

Discusses ways in which microprocessors are aiding the handicapped in three major areas: (1) compensation (sensory, communication, and compensation for control); (2) management (personal and educational); and (3) instructional delivery (uses, advantages, problems, educational compatibility, instructional design, technical adequacy). (EJS)

Examines instructional interaction among people using a computer-based electronic message system, and contrasts it with conventional face-to-face discussion in a college level class. Ways to organize instruction using electronic message systems to take advantage of new properties and avoid shortcomings are described. Twelve references are…

Reports results of measuring children's comprehension of basal reader stories that had been revised based on notions of the role of prior knowledge in comprehension and the establishment of key story content. (AEA)

Examines the School Instructional Development Model, which focuses on the library media specialist's role in instructional design and curriculum improvement. There are 11 references. (Author/RAA)

This study investigates extent to which students in master's-level school library/media specialist programs are provided with instructional design competencies and reports findings of questionnaire mailed to accredited library school programs in the U.S. requesting information on the requirements and availability of 13 instructional design…

Provides a core reference library of 100 basic titles (139 books) which have proved useful to instructional developers and client teacher-designers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The focus is on instructional design and development, but entries on research and on computer applications in instructional contexts are also…