Educational Technology of Continuous Education [antikvár]

Conference theme and presentation:'educational technology for continuous education' JOHN LEEDHAM The City University Conference of the Association, held in April 1975, was the tenth of our Conferences. The fact that this volume of 'Aspects' is the ninth refers to the omission of the second Conference publication from the list. This was the occasion when Birmingham University printed their own proceedings. It is a fortunate publishing occasion for us that on this, our tenth anniversary, Kogan Page have issued the volume. At the same time they are now publishers of our Yearbook and, from January 1976, of our Journal. It is appropriate that we should mention this, because it focuses on the fact that this Association has, for ten years, maintained its publications across the field of education and training so that we have indeed the reference literature, in depth, for continuous education. Whilst it was not these considerations which particularly influenced Leo Evans in his definition of a theme, the European interest in '1'Education Permanente' fell well into line with our history and development. Since the activities of the Association have always been of an evolutionary nature it was likely that the response to the invitation for papers would span a wide and engaging field of education and training. If readers care to scan the contents list they will appreciate what I mean. Any Conference capable of presenting at a professionally acceptable level, contributions ranging from 'Educational Technology in Lifelong Education' to 'Television Education among the Eskimos' or 'Scouting for Poise' is acknowledging its theme very resolutely. It behoves me, at this point, to make some apology to contributors who may find some alteration in script. Our anxiety Is to get the Proceedings to the members as soon as ever possible. Delay In rendering manuscripts has been acute this year and we have to go to press presently lacking the revised contributions from Dr Beln Buter on 'Unconventional observations on the possibility of a more general use of educational technology' and Cook and Tattersall 'Job analysis of the Naval Instructor'. I hope that it will be possible to find room for these contributions In one or other of our publications. The Conferences of the Association have had much benefit from the contributions of Canadian Universities and Institutions. This year was no exception. The papers from Mitchell, Coldevin and Boyd, for example, feature well as continuing statements of previous work. Any hopeful researcher could do far worse than trace the contributions from Canada through the various 'Aspects of Educational Technology'. He would find a persistence of statement