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The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook has become a standard reference in many libraries and professional collections. It provides a valuable historical record of current ideas and developments in the field. Part one of this updated volume, "Trends and Issues in Learning, Design and Technology," presents an array of chapters that develop some of the current themes listed above, in addition to others. In Part Two, "Leadership Profiles," authors provide biographical sketches of the careers of instructional technology leaders. Part Three, "Organizations and Associations in North America," and Part Four, "Worldwide List of Graduate Programs in Learning, Design, Technology, Information or Libraries," are, respectively, directories of instructional technology-related organizations and institutions of higher learning offering degrees in related fields. Finally, Part Five, the "Mediagraphy," presents an annotated listing of selected current publications related to the field.

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Preface.- Part I.- Introduction.- Issues and Trends in Instructional Technology: Increased Use of Mobile Technologies and Digital Content to Provide Un-Tethered Access to Training and Learning Opportunities.- Collaborative design of ICT-rich early literacy learning material: Design talk in teacher teams.- Social learning in a distributed environment: Lessons learned from online design education.- Understanding Help-Seeking Behavior of Students´ in a Flipped Classroom: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.- Digging Deep into Communities of Inquiry at Purdue.- Real-time mutual gaze perception enhances collaborative learning and collaboration quality.- Critical Thinking in the Field of Educational Technology: Approaches, Projects, and Challenges.- Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Models, Instruments, and Future Studies.- Part II.- Introduction.- Profile of Edward Caffarella.- Profile of Sharon Smaldino.- Part III.- Introduction.- Worldwide List of Organizations in Learning, Design, Technology, Information or Libraries.- Part IV.- Introduction.- Worldwide List of Graduate Programs in Learning, Design, Technology, Information or Libraries.- Part V.- Introduction.- Mediagraphy.

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Michael Orey is a professor of Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.

Robert Maribe Branch is a professor of Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.

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