An overview of how the need for educational technologists brought in an influx of new ideas from younger people when the Open University created a demand for technologists. (HB)

An evaluation of the student-centered learning program at Great Britain's Open University is presented. (HB)

A discussion of the role of the consultant in the Open University in Great Britain. (HB)

A general examination of the assumptions of educational technology as a body of knowledge. (HB)

Describes a course on atomic collisions in solids operated jointly by the Universities of Salford and Sussex, England. Includes discussions of philosophy and aims, teaching and learning strategies, assessment methods, problems and rewards. (LS)

Curriculum studies should not be viewed in the same way as the natural sciences, for which dominant exemplary models, or paradigms, have been established. Rather, curriculum should be viewed as a field of study concerned with fundamental concepts which are contested--a product of individual values and social interaction. (LS)

Black and white television is adequate for educational purposes. Color has an advantage over black and white in that it creates more emotional involvement, but only when the material to be taught is highly visual in both content and presentation. (LS)

Reviews the underlying assumptions and results of a British project concerned with the transfer and redevelopment of a self-instructional teacher education microcourse developed in the United States. (Author/LS)

Explains what question banks are and how they work, with descriptions of a number of computer assisted test preparation systems selected to illustrate the variety in operation. Indicates costs. (Author/LS)

The Colleges of Education Learning Programmes Project attempts to encourate the use of educational technology in education and the training of teachers. This article describes some of its activities and gives the findings of a small scale independent evaluation of the Project. (JY)

The purpose of this paper is to assist teachers and administrators and administrators responsible for planning new learning spaces or for renovating existing spaces. (JY)

Reactions to a self instructional microteaching course were investigated in a sample of 28 experienced teachers. (JY)