| Summary: | A multitude of intrinsic and extrinsic instructional media,
ranging from something as simple as a black board to intricate
electronic equipment such as computers, are available to both
teachers and learners. This multitude of available instructional
media confront the teacher with the problem of media
selection.
Choosing the appropriate available instructional media for the
learning situation is no easy task. Numerous media selection
models have been published since the sixties, all aiming to help
teachers in the selection of the appropriate educational media
for a specific learning situation. Media selection models all
disclose a range of differing features. Consequently, various
media selection models identify a diverse range of factors that
have to be considered when selecting instructional media.
This study attempts to identify factors that are disclosed in
media selection models and that need to be considered when
instructional media is selected. Therefore a literature study
was undertaken with the purpose of identifying all relevant
factors that need to be considered when selecting instructional
media. A questionnaire was developed to test the practical
application and use of these factors in the selection of
instructional media, and to identify possible other factors that
influence the selection thereof.
This questionnaire was applied to a random sample of fifty (50)
active subject didactic lecturers drawn from a population of all
subject didactic lecturers employed by South African Universities.
The research results indicate that all the factors identified
by means of the literature study are major determinants in
the choice of the most appropriate instructional media for
teaching. Based on research findings it was also possible to
identify certain new factors that determine instructional media
selection and to reject certain others. A diagrammatic summary
of these factors is also provided. === Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1993
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