Many educational institutions have a substantial personal computer (PC) network that can be adapted to provide digital video on demand, as well as PCs that can be used as video on demand clients. To gain insight into the issues involved in using this technology in an educational environment that relies heavily on video, a simple, low cost video on demand system was installed in the Visual Arts ...

This article explores the possibility of combining educational approaches to film and theatrical drama enhance teachers’ confidence in creative, transmedia multidisciplinary learning. A detailed case study is explored – a short teacher training event which utilised certain media literacy resources inspire familiarise teachers with language images, while seeking demonstrate how simple devices ca...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate x-ray protection methods in dental offices in Tabriz. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study 142 dental offices were evaluated. A questionnaire-based method was used. The data was analyzed by descriptive methods. RESULTS The least commonly used methods were leaded walls (4.9%) and film badges (16.9%) and the most commonly used methods w...

The silent films of the early 1900s had a huge audience, hearing and deaf, for public entertainment and instruction. The advent of "talkies," however, excluded deaf people from this means of access to mainstream American culture. In response to a new need for both captioned educational and entertainment films for deaf people, Congress passed Public Law 85-905 in 1958, which established Captione...

background: breast cancer has been considered as a major health problem in females, because of its high incidence in recent years. due to the role of breast self-examination (bse) in early diagnosis and prevention of morbidity and mortality rate of breast cancer, promoting student knowledge, capabilities and attitude are required in this regard. this study was conducted to evaluation bse educat...

Debates continue in public and in educational policy forums about the ‘basics’ of literacy while many have not recognised that these basics may never be the same again. Rapid changes in digital communication provide facilities for reading and writing to be combined with various and often quite complex aspects of music, photography and film. At the same time, educational policy and national test...

the use of mammography film-screen is limited in general radiography. the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mammographic film-screen and standard film-screen systems in the detection of small bone fractures. radiographs were taken from patients' extremities and neck areas using mammography film-screen and standard film-screen (n=57 each). fourteen other radiographs were ...