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Australian Journal of 
Educational Technology 
 
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 1990. ISSN 0814-673X 

 

 
Contents 
 
Editorial ................................................................................................................ ii 
 
What's in a name! That which we call a course by any other  
name would smell as sweet ...................................................................... 1-11 
 James H. Strain and Alistair Inglis 
 
The use of interactive media in foreign language learning .................... 12-19 
 Peter Olaf Looms 
 
Human-technology traffic jams (or harnessing human  
brainpower is more than a matter of logic) .............................................. 20-27 
 Sue McNamara 
 
The design of a study aid for synthesising instruction ........................... 28-35 
 Patricia Youngblood 
 
An evaluation of SALT (Suggestive-accelerated learning  
and teaching) techniques ............................................................................ 36-55 
 B. Dipamo and R. F. S. Job 
 
Delivering open learning through a technological network .................. 56-65 
 F. Geoffrey Jones 
 
Start think-keying ......................................................................................... 66-73 
 Uni Carnegie 
 
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Editorial 
 
The biennial conference of the Australian Society for Educational 
Technology, EdTech '90, was held this year at the University of Sydney. 
Numbers were down on the previous conference held in Canberra in 
1988, which is a reflection more of the straitened times than of the 
excellent preconference promotion of the event. Feedback the 
organisers received indicated that participants had indeed felt they 
gained value from the program, and deserve credit for their efforts. We 
all look forward to the next conference, in Adelaide in 1992. 
 
The Australian journal of Educational Technology, although a little late 
this issue as a result of the guest editor leaving paid employment and 
setting up in business on his own, is now well on track to get back on 
schedule by the end of this year. This issue contains those papers from 
the conference which didn't make it into Converging Technologies, the 
conference proceedings. The next issue of the Journal, volume 6 
number 2, will focus on Exploring the World of Performance 
Technology which was the title for the recent regional conference 
organised by the Sydney Chapter of the National Society for 
Performance and Instruction. 
 
Guest editor for volume 7 number 1 will be Associate Professor Colin 
Latchem, Head of the Educational Media Centre at Curtin University, 
and as always contributions are welcomed from members of the 
Australian Society for Educational Technology and others interested in 
furthering knowledge of educational technology and instructional 
design. 
 
James Steele 
GUEST EDITOR 
 
Editorial Advisory Panel 
 
Robin Bishop, Correspondence School, Sydney 
Andrew Grieg, University of Sydney 
Colin Latchem, Curtin University of Technology 
Sue McNamara, Monash University 
Alex Millar, Victoria College 
John Mitchell, Melbourne State College 
Marguerite Foxon, Coopers & Lybrand