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Videodisc

Video disc is a general term for a laser- or stylus-readable random-access circular disc that contains both audio and video forms of multimedia. Typically, it is a reference to any such media that predates the mainstream popularity of the DVD format. Such formats include:

Unlike the battles between VHS and Beta, there was no serious format war between early video disc formats as the LaserDisc proved to be technologically superior to all challengers of its time. The modern DVD format prevailed with only a slight interest to its challenger format, DIVX.

Readings

Daynes, R. & Butler, B. (1984). THE VIDEODISK BOOK. A GUIDE AND DIRECTORY. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Floyd, S., & Floyd, B. (1982). THE HANDBOOK OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.

Schneider, E., & Bennion, J. (1980). VIDEODISCS. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications.

THE VIDEODISC MONITOR, VIDEODISC NEWS, VIDEO COMPUTING, VIDEODISK/OPTICAL DISK MAGAZINE, and articles in ELECTRONIC LEARNING, THE COMPUTING TEACHER, TECHTRENDS (formerly INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATOR), and PERFORMANCE AND INSTRUCTION JOURNAL.

rk, D. Joseph (1984, September/October). How do interactive videodiscs rate against other media? INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATOR, 29(6), 12-16.

Currier, Richard L. (1983, November). Interactive videodisc learning system. HIGH TECHNOLOGY, 3(11), 51-59.

DeBloois, M., Maki, K.C., & Hall, A.F. (1984). EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERACTIVE VIDEODISC TRAINING: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW. Future Systems Incorpotared/The Videodisc Monitor.

Faust, J. (1985, July/August). A discography of available education discs. THE IICS JOURNAL, 3,7,9,10,12.

Reinhold, F. (1984, April). How they are using interactive videodiscs. ELECTRONIC LEARNING, 3(7), 56-57.

Withrow, F. (1985, Fall). Videodiscs: The thinking person's audiovisual. AMERICAN EDUCATOR, 22-25, 40-41.

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