The Video-Computer Nexus: Towards an Agenda for Instructional Development

Abstract

Increasing integration of video and computer technologies will have a powerful influence on the development and distribution of products for entertainment and education. Random access and frame-by-frame selection of video imagery will allow unprecedented technical control and automation of instructional presentations. The proliferation of video-computer applications can be expected to include inexpensive portable devices and interactive TV networks. These two domains are likely to converge in compatibility and capability. Widespread availability of such technologies may create global markets for interactive video software and require new production techniques. Factors which will influence the social and economic benefits to be derived from this marriage of the computer and the television are outlined and the importance of instructional theory to its appropriate application is noted.