This current overview of optical disk technology describes the evolving marketplace for optical products, the use of libraries as test sites for prototype CD-ROM (compact disk read-only-memory) products, CD-ROM developments, new optical technologies, and advances in magnetics. A list of some compact disk manufacturers and a glossary of terms are…

Boards on the laser's edge of technology are adding videodisks to their instructional options, because of their versatility in giving teachers and students flexible access to visual material. (TE)

Compares David Kearns' resentment of school performance (in the same "Kappan" issue) to the author's own frustration with Xerox photocopiers. To achieve the restructuring and choice central to Kearns' educational recovery plan, the schools will need to depend increasingly on technology (computer simulations, interactive video, and…

Presents a model for a system which coordinates the human resources needed to produce original, course-appropriate computer-assisted instruction (CAI) materials. This team approach to authoring systems has proved to be effective in producing more than 60 units of varying CAI materials for the community college environment. (ML)

This analysis of the evaluation literature on interactive video describes nature of the evaluations, reviews information on the effectiveness of interactive video, and discusses what the evaluations offer for improvement of interactive video design and use. Implications of these evaluations for the conduct of future studies are noted. (MBR)

The effectiveness of interactive video in teaching the skill of asking for help was evaluated with 116 secondary-aged mildly (105) and moderately (11) mentally retarded students taught the eight-lesson interactive video sequence. Comparison of pre- and post-tests of both knowledge and application showed positive effects of the curriculum. (DB)

Raises several major concerns of educators in the adoption of interactive video for instructional purposes. Identifies a number of useful sources of information for those who want to address these concerns. (FL)

The Media Center at Eastern Illinois University developed and streamed on the Internet 26 short (one to five minutes) instructional videos about WebCT that illustrated specific functions, including logging-in, changing a password, and using chat. This study observed trainees using and reacting to selections of these videos. It set out to assess…

Teachers have acknowledged the richer learning environment and interactivity of multimedia teaching, its flexibility to different learning styles, and learner control that allows the learner to fully engage in the learning process. However, they still have problems in courseware design because their work is mainly centered on exercises and not on…

Video conferencing for use in education has included the development of expensive yet sophisticated technology capable of delivering quality instruction to multiple sites. Limitations arise from using a closed network; factors such as cost to establish and operate the network with video compression or satellite technology can potentially affect…

Compares classroom, interactive videodisc, and Web-based training, focusing on cost, delivery time, course content, and desktop delivery. Lists the advantages and disadvantages of Web-based training, describes one company's Intranet use for organizational training, and raises questions to consider before implementing a Web or Intranet-based…

Addresses some of the issues that instructional designers will face in the near future and ways to deal with new instructional affordances and constraint, including: Menu and Audio, Video, Subpicture Interleaved, Streamlining Digital Media (MAVSI-SDM); three-dimensional flowcharting; designing multi-faceted storyboards and scripts; managing video,…

Describes a project in which preservice training for high school math teachers was conducted via two-way videoconferencing. Two uses were tested: teachers seeing in real time what takes place in a classroom before, during, and after a well-placed task is implemented; and teachers planning and implementing a task in a team-teaching format. (AEF)

Shrinking budgets, demands for supervisory contact, and the rural isolation of Indiana University of Pennsylvania create special problems for pre student-teaching and student teaching. Describes a proposed project that will use interactive video technology to supervise student-teaching practica in distant locations. Outlines project phases,…

This study evaluated the effects of computer-assisted video instruction (CAVI) on three paraprofessionals' implementation of the firming strategy (which presents new material in alternation with previously learned material) with three severely brain-damaged young men. Results indicated CAVI effectiveness with proficient strategy implementation,…