Theme of the article is to identify and illustrate seven criteria for selection of instruction materials. (Author)

A look at a program established to assist teachers in repairing and maintaining science equipment. A Science Instrument Repair Center has been set up at the northern branch of the Delaware Technical and Community College. (Author)

Paper outlines a model for instructional improvement which stresses working directly with university faculty members on their teaching skills. (Author)

Project seeks out individual learning initiatives from the educational community for support, dissemination and adaption. Teachers are encouraged to share their ideas in the project newsletter, descriptive articles, exchange visits and periodic Saturday meetings. Resources multiply as educators organize and extend their ideas through such methods…

In order to facilitate more effective exchange between Canada and developing countries, a selective inventory of educational inventing in Canada has been compiled. A pilot survey produced a large number of educational innovations some of which were chosen for distribution in the inventory based on choices made by planning officers in developing…

The National Research Council of Canada is conducting research in computer aided learning through a project to establish a national network of academic, industrial and government bodies in this field. (Author)

A description of a project which produced and provided programed learning materials for slow learners. These programs have been printed and distributed in over 30,000 free copies throughout Canada and have been a source of hope and assistance to teachers and parents. (Author)

Five fundamental manifestations of technology for educational change are examined with particular reference to Canadian activities. These foci are: psychotechnology, information and communications technology, organizational technology, cybernetic systems technology and educational planning. Each is vitally concerned with the optimal organization…

The Teacher Authored Instruction Manager is a prototype Computer Managed Instruction system developed at the University of Alberta. By using two computer programs to store detailed student information and curriculum data, TAIM produces individualized lessons for students and diagnostic information for teachers. (Author)

Two recent projects using retrieval television, which permits teachers to request program transmissions for individual classrooms, are compared. Many dimensions of student and teacher reaction to retrieval television are reported for the Ottawa Project. These results and the expense and/or channel restrictions of retrieval television lead to the…

Holland College of Applied Arts and Technology in Prince Edward Island places great responsibility on students, instructors and professionals in the field to design, execute and evaluate its career training program. Success of the program depends upon instructors and students who will both assume responsibility for the student's progress. Success…

A need exists for wider communication of cost-effective and generally applicable experiments in improved learning. Two highly enrolled and innovative approaches of a department of Science and Human Affairs are described. (Author)

The undergraduate M. D. program of the Division of Health Sciences at McMaster University has been developed to meet increasingly vocal criticism of traditional medical education. The McMaster program is designed to focus the student upon himself; it provides opportunity for him to strengthen his individual learning and professional identity, and…

Educational technology so far has been mostly used as an add-on to existing inputs, whereas its chief use should be as a substitute for existing inputs, especially teachers. This substitution is presumably easiest in higher education, where teachers are not needed to keep order in class. Author presents a framework for thinking about costs, which…

A status report on the evolving conceptions of instructional technology and current applications in Brazil. A complementary purpose is to summarize those conditions which vitally influence the general characteristics of the Brazilian educational system and the nature of instructional technology in this major developing country of the world.…