15. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. FOR TEACHING AUDIOVISUAL COURSES (8-142).

Description: An annotated guide to motion pictures, kinescopes, filmstrips, slides, slide sets, and recorded materials currently available, which relate to specific new media and which are useful in teaching audiovisual communications. A national advisory committee of audiovisual specialists in assisting in the selction of items to be included and in planning the format of the guide. Report available from the Contractor in the summer of 1961.

Beginning and Ending Dates: January 1, 1961, to June 30, 1961.

Funds Committed: $6,609.

Contractor: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Directors: Eugene K. Oxhandler, Associate Director for Research, and Walter J. Mars, Associate Director for Administration, Audiovisual Center.

16. PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF U, S. GOVERNMENT FILMS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL USE, 1960-1961 (B-077).

Description: A comprehensive catalog of some 5,200 motion pictures and filmstrips of U. S. Government agencies which may be borrowed, rented, or purchased~ and used for educational purposes. Contains a subject index and a list of sources of the films. Currently in press with publication set for the summer of 1961. To be available from the U. S. Government Printing Office.

Beginning and Ending Dates: July 1, 1960, to March 31, 1961.

Funds Committed: $28,072 (excludes printing).

Contractor: Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Director: Katherine Clugston, Audiovisual Specialist, Descriptive Cataloging
Division, under the supervision of Seerley Reid, U. S. Office of Education.

III. Information About Significant Educational Media Programs and Practices

17. AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR USE (B-081).

Description: A sampling study to inventory audiovisual equipment;and materials in public elementary and secondary schools and to assess the factors facilitating and inhibiting their effective user.

In the "inventory.", aspect of the study, data will be collected that will give antiover-all picture of the extent of materials and equipment. owned and used by public schools and will provide guidelines as to how data may be collected in a continuous up-to-date fashion in the future.

In the exploration of factors affecting utilization, case studies of selected school systems will supplement the statistical data collected in the mail: and interview. schedules. The effects of some types of factors have already been observed in previous research--the close relationship, for instance, between audiovisual use and size of school district, its budget, and its location in an urban or rural area. It is less in the interess of this inquiry to confirm their relationships than to explore the factors that, even within these grass relationships, produce variations in utilization-how much the attitudes of teachers and school principals play a part and how. What sort of community influences affect utilization? What considerations go into the process of administrative decision-making within the school system, and how does this process facilitate or impede practices of audiovisual use? Beyond the statistical inventory, it is to questions of this sort that the study largely addresses itself.

Beginning and Ending Dates: June 30, 1960; to October 1, 1961.

Funds Committed $135,300.,3

Contractor: Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., 2017 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D. C...

Director: Eleanor P. Godfrey.

18. A PROJECT TO IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE PRESENT ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS, PRACTICES, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES: UTILIZED IN LOCALE PREPARATION OF VISUAL MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTION AND AN EXPLORATION OF THE APPLICATION OF RECENT TECHNOLOGY IN THIS AREA (B-086).

Descriptions The project objectives are tax (a) Isolate and study various organiza-
tional patterns utilized to facilitate the local preparation of visual instructional
materials for television and classroom use, (b) determine in-service teacher training
facilities in the local production of such materials (c) determine, through inter-
views, the teachers' opinions concerning the quantity and quality of visual instruc-
tional materials produced under the various types of organizational patterns
mentioned in (a), above and the effectiveness of or need for training in such
work; (d) identify strangeis und weaknesses of each type of organizational pattern
studied; (e) document equipment, materials, and facilities being used successfully
in the production programs studied; (f) explore the usefulness of new developments,
such as videotape recordings, 8mm sound motion picture production, rapid prepara-
tion of projected visuus via Karography, Polaroid, Diazo, etc., in the local
preparation of instructional materials, and (c) prepare an illustrated bulletin
describing the results of the activities outlined in (a) through (f), above.

Beginning and Ending Dates September 30, 1960, to February 28, 1962.
Funds Committed $25,274,

Contractor Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Directors: John Moldstad, Associate Professor of Education, and Gene Faris,
Assistant Professor of Education, Audio-Visual Center.

19. A SURVEY OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS (B-066).

Description: The study will collect descriptive data in such a form as to provide, Individually and in the aggregate, an analysis of the extent and nature of the facilities for motion picture film production in U. S. colleges and universities, and public school systems.

A preliminary mail survey was conducted of colleges and universities with enrollments of 2,000 or more degree-bound students and public school systems of 100,000 and above population to identify those institutions which have facilities for the production of motion picture films. Those with appropriate facilities were the subject of on-site visitations and interviews.

Beginning and Ending Dates: February 15, 1960, to July 31, 1961.

Funds Committed $26,330.

Contractor: University Film Producers Association, Alice Norton House, lowa
State University, Ames, Iowa.

Director: Don G. Williams, Director of Motion Picture Production, University of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

20. A GUIDE FOR PLANNING SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR THE USE OF THE NEW EDUCATIONAL MEDIA (B-007).

Description: A study to collect data and develop principles and appropriate standards for the planning of school facilities for the appropriate and effective use of new educational media. These principles and standards are interpreted in the light of educational needs in the United States, and the report (a) indicates the importance and effects of the school environment on the scope and nature of learning activities and experience; (b) sets forth basic principles to be followed in planning school facilities for the use of the new educational media; (c) presents examples of the application of sound principles in the design of school plants and facilities; and (d) provides a practical tool for administrators, school boards, and community groups to which they may refer in planning and equipping buildings for optimum use of new educational media.

Available from the Contractor at $1.00 (to cover cost of

handling and mailing).

Beginning and Ending Dates: June 1, 1959, to June 30, 1961.

Funds Committed: $31,277.

Contractors Portland State College, Portland, Oregon.

Directors: Errett Hummel, Professor of Education; Amo DeBernardis, Assistant Superintendent, and Victor Doherty, Rescarch Director, Portland Public Schools.

21. IMPROVING INSTRUCTION: BUDGETING YOUR AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAM (B-002).

Description: A study developed in cooperation with members of the Audio-Visual
Council on Public Information and addressed to city and county superintendents of
schools Deals with (1) the importance of the effective use of audiovisual materials
in the improvement of instruction; (2) the need for an organized audiovisual program
and an adequate budget; (3) minimum budgeting standards now in existence;"
(4) helpful budgeting techniques; and (5) case study presentations of ongoing audio-
visual programs and the budgets necessary for these programs.

This study has been completed and copies of the roport dro ave:luble from the
Marketing Department, Audio-Visual Center, Indiana University.

Beginning and Ending Dates June 1, 1959, to January 1, 1960.

Contractor Inaliana University Audio-Visual Center, Bloomington, Indiana.

Director K. C. Rigg recessed, Associate Director, succeeded by Beryl Blain, Production Supervisor,

22. A SURVEY OF TELEVISTON EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES USED FOR PURPOSES OF INSTRUCTION BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNNERSITES 3-04.

Description: A survey to study, describe, and when appropriate, evaluate technical equipment and faci Prias used in television installations established by selected public school systems, colleges, and universities for purposes of instruction.

The survey has produced a body of current information and technical data pertaining to such equipment and facilities.

Beginning and Ending Dates June 1, 1959, to October 30, 1950.

Funds Committed $22,400.

Contractor: Board of Education of Washington County, Hagerstown, Maryland.

Director: John R. Brugger, Chief Engineer, Closed Circuit Television Project.

23. A FIELD STUDY IN THE WIDER USE OF FACULTY RESOURCES AMONG A NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BY MEANS OF CLOSEDCIRCUIT MICROWAVE TELEVISION (B-058, B-058a and b).

Description: A field test-demonstration of college and university cooperation in the joint educational use of closed-circuit microwave television facilities, Emphasized will be the following areas: (1) Administrative problems and arrangements; (2) program development, particularly as this involves curriculum matters; (3) utilization and evaluation of program materials; (4) planning of the optimum technical facilities; and (5) study of the economic efficiency of such a project. This project is employing the latest technical advances as well as the best obtainable knowledge of programming possibilities and curriculum planning, Approval was received from the Federal Communications Commission on October 25, 1960, to set up the microwave system, and programming began on a 3-campus basis on February 6, 1961. The three are the University of Texas, St. Edwards University, and Huston-Tillotson College.