THIS REPORT CONTAINS SEVEN PAPERS DEALING WITH COMPETENCIES NEEDED BY TEACHERS IN THE USE OF NEWER MEDIA. THEY ARE--(1) ROBERT HEINICH'S "THE TEACHER IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM," WHICH DEALS WITH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND ITS ROLE IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS, (2) KENNETH NORBERG'S "THEORETICAL BACKGROUND REQUIRED BY TEACHERS IN THE USE OF NEWER MEDIA," WHICH EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP OF A NUMBER OF LEARNING, PERCEPTION, AND COMMUNICATION THEORIES TO MEDIA, (3) VERNON GERLACH'S "SELECTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIUM, "WHICH REPRESENTS THE APPLICATION OF A RESPONSE-ORIENTED INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM IN A SPECIFIC WAY, (4) AND (5) DAVID CURL'S "SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORIES FOR TEACHING OPERATIONAL SKILLS" AND JERROLD KEMP'S "IDENTIFICATION OF PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TEACHER COMPETENCIES IN THE AREA OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES," BOTH OF WHICH ARE APPLICATIONS OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS IN THE FIELD OF MEDIA, (6) GERALD TORKELSON'S "COMPETENCIES NEEDED BY TEACHERS IN THE USE OF NEWER MEDIA AND VARIOUS APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING THEM," WHICH ADVOCATES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW LEARNING-BASED TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM, AND (7) THE AUTHOR'S "MEDIA COMPETENCIES FOR TEACHERS," WHICH DRAWS ON THE PREVIOUS PAPERS TO PROPOSE A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHER COMPETENCIES. THESE COMPETENCIES ARE (1) UNDERSTANDING OF EDUCATIONAL THEORY, (2) INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCES, AND (3) MATERIAL PRODUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OPERATION. (AW)