Australian Journal of Educational Technology
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 1990. ISSN 0814-673X
Contents
Editorial ... ii What's in a name! That which we call a course by any other
name would smell as sweet ... 1-11 James H. Strain and Alistair Inglis
The use of interactive media in foreign language learning ... 12-19 Peter Olaf Looms
Human-technology traffic jams (or harnessing human
brainpower is more than a matter of logic) ... 20-27 Sue McNamara
The design of a study aid for synthesising instruction ... 28-35 Patricia Youngblood
An evaluation of SALT (Suggestive-accelerated learning
and teaching) techniques ... 36-55 B. Dipamo and R. F. S. Job
Delivering open learning through a technological network ... 56-65 F. Geoffrey Jones
Start think-keying ... 66-73 Uni Carnegie
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Editorial
The biennial conference of the Australian Society for Educational Technology, EdTech '90, was held this year at the University of Sydney.
Numbers were down on the previous conference held in Canberra in 1988, which is a reflection more of the straitened times than of the excellent preconference promotion of the event. Feedback the organisers received indicated that participants had indeed felt they gained value from the program, and deserve credit for their efforts. We all look forward to the next conference, in Adelaide in 1992.
The Australian journal of Educational Technology, although a little late this issue as a result of the guest editor leaving paid employment and setting up in business on his own, is now well on track to get back on schedule by the end of this year. This issue contains those papers from the conference which didn't make it into Converging Technologies, the conference proceedings. The next issue of the Journal, volume 6 number 2, will focus on Exploring the World of Performance Technology which was the title for the recent regional conference organised by the Sydney Chapter of the National Society for Performance and Instruction.
Guest editor for volume 7 number 1 will be Associate Professor Colin Latchem, Head of the Educational Media Centre at Curtin University, and as always contributions are welcomed from members of the Australian Society for Educational Technology and others interested in furthering knowledge of educational technology and instructional design.
James Steele GUEST EDITOR Editorial Advisory Panel
Robin Bishop, Correspondence School, Sydney Andrew Grieg, University of Sydney
Colin Latchem, Curtin University of Technology Sue McNamara, Monash University
Alex Millar, Victoria College
John Mitchell, Melbourne State College Marguerite Foxon, Coopers & Lybrand
