Characteristics of an effective sensory aid for the hearing impaired child are reviewed, the development of educational aids is traced, and a computer-assisted instructional program with a sensory interface is seen as the next step in the advancement of technology with the hearing impaired. (SB)

Over the last year the J. Paul Getty Trust's Web presence has evolved from a group of disparate, independently maintained Web sites into a homogeneous consistently branded one. This transformation recently culminated with the implementation of a leading Content Management System (CMS). There were and are many process-changes and challenges in…

This paper proposes a new multilingual dictionary, to be created under the auspices of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) that will cover the terms and concepts of cataloging. The first section provides some examples that demonstrate the necessity for such a dictionary. The second section lists the following…

Presents a list of English physical chemistry textbooks together with the names of authors, publishers, and publication cities, appearing during the period from 1877 to 1922. (CC)

Describes achievement of General Learning Corporation to illustrate the place of technology in education. (DS)

Described are an adult education class for visually handicapped prison inmates and a program in which volunteer inmates transcribed books and educational materials for the visually handicapped. (GW)

The author suggests that educators are not the consumers of educational materials and "raises the case for the learner as consumer through developmental as well as summative evaluation of materials." (Editor/AK)

The second in a series of short descriptive papers concerning Britain's newly-established Open University. The author discusses the nature of the teaching materials being developed by the university and some of the difficulties involved in producing these materials. (AK)

Concludes that direct instruction and practice in following directions increase students' task performance ability and stresses the need to use intrinsically motivating materials in language arts developmental skills programs. Tables and bibliography. (RW)