This report reviews the 1984-86 projects of the University of Washington Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR), a central facility designed to assist instructors, teaching assistants, and departments in the continued improvement of learning and teaching. Following an overview of CIDR's funding, facilities, and staff resources, projects undertaken in response to four catagories of requests are briefly described: (1) faculty instructional development, including workshops and seminars, instructional videotape development, and software evaluation; (2) individual project consultations with faculty in the departments of architecture, arts and sciences, business administration, education, engineering, health sciences, library and information science, pharmacy, and social work; (3) use of networking and telecommunications, including support for satellite teleconferences, instructional configuration of a local area network, and software training for hearing-impaired students; and (4) using advanced educational workstations, including development of videodiscs. A list of 32 CIDR publications and presentations is appended. (MES)