The videodisc is a recently developed technology that combines the interactive, individualized qualities of the computer with the visual qualities of television, film, and filmstrips. The videodisc, available publicly since 1978, has great potential for improving the quality of instruction for the deaf. It exhibits tremendous flexibility in the presentation of instructional materials. It can present all other media forms—films, filmstrips, books, etc.—and provide multi-media learning experiences in which each medium is used to its best advantage. Since it can present television or film materials, it offers a high degree of visual stimulation, critically important in the education of the deaf.
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