System Coding Parameters, Mechanics and Electromechanics of the Reflective Videodisc Player

SMPTE Journal ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
P. W. Bogels
Keyword(s):  
Videodisc Player

Preparing for interactive video

ELT Journal ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Allan
Keyword(s):  
Interactive Video ◽  
Optical Disc ◽  
Cassette Recorder ◽  
Video Signals ◽  
Video Cassette Recorder ◽  
Flexible Resources ◽  
Language Study ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Videodisc Player ◽  
To Come

Abstract A comparison of the properties of the video cassette recorder (VCR) and the videodisc player points up the advantages for education of disc as a medium for the storage and playback of video signals. It is argued that some form of optical disc technology is very likely to come into language classrooms before the end of the 1990s and that it will be welcomed by those teachers who are currently attempting to use their VCRs as flexible resources in their language programmes. Different applications of interactive video in education and language study are described, with reference to recent examples.

Interactive Video Computer Learning in Physics

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Kadesch
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Interactive Video ◽  
Random Access ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Authoring System ◽  
Computer Learning ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Videodisc Player ◽  
The University

The University of Utah's Video Computer Learning Project's learning system consists of a Terak 8510a interfaced to a Discovision PR-7820 videodisc player. An essential part of the system is the Video Computer Authoring System which provides instructions written in ordinary English for implementing and editing course materials. Such materials contain computer-generated text and graphics and video segments. The computer and video screens provide a workspace in which the student performs a variety of operations. With the freeze-frame, slow motion forward and reverse, and random access frame addressing capabilities of the videodisc added to those of the microcomputer, the student has significant power over his learning environment. Course materials are self-paced and mastery oriented as well as highly interactive.

The Air Force Academy Instructor Workstation (IWS): I. Design and Implementation

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Gist ◽  
Gary L. Lorenzen ◽  
Richard E. Swanson ◽  
Marilyn K. McQuade ◽  
Robert G. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Original Design ◽  
File Server ◽  
Current Configuration ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Tutorial System ◽  
Videodisc Player ◽  
Computer Controlled

In this article we discuss the design and implementation of a computer controlled instructor workstation. The original design consisted of an AT-class computer controlling a laser videodisc player, with graphics overlay, data acquisition, administrative support, and central file serving included. We include the background leading to the decision to develop an instructor workstation, as opposed to a standalone tutorial system; goals of the system design; rationale behind the choice of programming language used; description of the system design; and description of the current configuration. As currently implemented, the system consists of a controlling computer, the videodisc player, and the central file server.

The Effectiveness of Army Training Extension Course Lessons on Videodisc

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Holmgren ◽  
F. N. Dyer ◽  
R. E. Hilligoss ◽  
F. H. Heller
Keyword(s):  
Performance Test ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Army Training ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Baseline Group ◽  
Videodisc Player ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Initial Results ◽  
Better Than

Three sets of audiovisual lessons from the Army Training Extension Course (TEC) Program were presented to samples of enlisted soldiers on either a prototype videodisc player or the film and audio cassette player currently used for TEC lessons. The training effectiveness of the lessons was determined by administering validated hands-on performance tests to the trained soldiers and also to a baseline group that had not viewed the TEC lessons. Initial results show that, for all three sets of lessons, both groups of trained soldiers performed significantly better than those in the baseline group. The difference between the two trained groups is not statistically significant for two of the three lesson sets; for the third set, there is a significant difference of ten percent in mean performance test score in favor of the film and audio cassette player.

scholarly journals Videodisc Player utility Programs: Lesson Planner for Demonstrations in Organic Chemistry Videodisc

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 815
Author(s):  
Todd A. Surovell
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Videodisc Player

Three visits to Montevidisco: Spanish enrichment with interactive videodisc

ReCALL ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Charles D Bush
Keyword(s):  
Role Playing ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Interactive Videodisc ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Native Spanish Speakers ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Videodisc Player

Montevidisco is an interactive videodisc application intended for intermediate Spanish students. It combines language enrichment with elements of role-playing games as the student plays the role of someone visiting a hypothetical city in Mexico, interacting with native Spanish speakers in native situations via videodisc. The concept originated at Brigham Young University in the early eighties, with the video filming done at that time. More recently, the BYU Humanities Research Center has adapted the original material to run on standard microcomputer platforms.There are three implementations of Montevidisco in various stages of development. The first is a side-by-side version that uses a HyperCard stack on a Macintosh to control a separate videodisc player and monitor. The second version uses a video overlay configuration with ToolBook and Windows on an IBM platform. Both of these versions are 'finished' to the extent that they are being used in intermediate Spanish classes at BYU and elsewhere. General marketing arrangements are expected to be finalized this summer. The most recent implementation uses QuickTime on a Macintosh to display digitized video directly from the computer's hard disk.This paper begins with an explanation of the general features of Montevidisco that are common to all three implementations. It outlines some of the design considerations faced and explains how the choice of metaphor influenced those decisions. Some questions that have been raised during the testing and review process are also addressed. The paper then categorizes the significant differences between the three implementations and discusses the technological and pedagogical reasons for them. It concludes with a status report on the QuickTime version and gives an assessment of this new digital video technology in an instructional environment.

scholarly journals Videodisc Player utility Programs: Lesson Manager for Demonstrations in Organic Chemistry Videodisc

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 814
Author(s):  
Gary L. Trammell ◽  
Scott Grissom
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Videodisc Player

Interactive Videodisc Instruction in Pre-Calculus

1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Henderson ◽  
Edward M. Landesman
Keyword(s):  
Field Test ◽  
Mathematics Instruction ◽  
Interactive Videodisc ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Systematic Instruction ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Initial Learning ◽  
Highly Effective ◽  
Videodisc Player

The interactive videodisc player, managed by a microcomputer, combines the unique instructional qualities of video with the interactive flexibility of the computer. This article reports on the design considerations involved in the development of a series of eight interactive videodisc modules in pre-calculus mathematics. This system, entitled Preparing for Calculus, takes advantage of the unique attributes of each component of the system. The materials provide systematic instruction along dimensions that teachers often have difficulty implementing in classroom situations, but which have been demonstrated to be effective in mathematics instruction. Preliminary field test results indicate that the materials are highly effective, both for review and for initial learning of new concepts and operations.

A Combined Videotex/Videodisc System for Tourist Information

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
L.F. Kwok ◽  
C. Jackson ◽  
F.N. Teskey
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
New Media ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Control Information ◽  
Current State ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Videodisc Player ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Tourist Information

Videotex and videodisc are two relatively new media for electronic publishing. Although the current state of technology can deal with information in different forms, no one information system can handle all vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information at the same time. The convergence of the existing technologies may provide a new environment for electronic publishing and trigger a new range of applications in this area. The Brighton videotex/videodisc project has undertaken a pilot study into a combined videotex/videodisc system in which a videodisc player is controlled by a videotex terminal so that control information on videotex pages can select still frames, or sequences of frames, on the videodisc. The system has been developed in co-operation with the English Tourist Board. It is intended to mount a public trial of the system in the near future. This paper presents a description of the combined videotex/videodisc system. The user facilities are described in detail and there is a brief discussion of the technical issues involved in the implementation.

Instructional Development Related to an Intelligent Videodisc

1980 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. LaGow
Keyword(s):  
Development Project ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Interactive Videodisc ◽  
Experimental Production ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Videodisc Player ◽  
The Media ◽  
University Of Nebraska Lincoln ◽  
The University

The Media Development Project for the Hearing Impaired at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is currently investigating possible uses of an interactive videodisc player to provide instructional materials for the deaf. The paper describes some general characteristics of the deaf learner and discusses the videodisc as a means for marketing computer-based visual instructional materials, hardware functions and possible design approaches using a variety of instructional techniques. It further describes one experimental production, for an interactive videodisc, based on the needs for materials generated in the MDPHI project to develop basic reading skills for the hearing impaired.

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