This book is an annual publication entering its 41st year. The series represents current trends and issues in the field of educational communications and technology, journals and other periodicals associated with the field, and the academic programs that prepare instructional technology professionals. Springer has been the publisher for the series, in cooperation with the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, for the past five years.

Preface.- Part I.- Introduction.- Issues and Trends in Instructional Technology: Increased Use of Mobile Technologies and Digital Content to Provide Un-Tethered Access to Training and Learning Opportunities.- Collaborative design of ICT-rich early literacy learning material: Design talk in teacher teams.- Social learning in a distributed environment: Lessons learned from online design education.- Understanding Help-Seeking Behavior of Students' in a Flipped Classroom: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.- Digging Deep into Communities of Inquiry at Purdue.- Real-time mutual gaze perception enhances collaborative learning and collaboration quality.- Critical Thinking in the Field of Educational Technology: Approaches, Projects, and Challenges.- Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Models, Instruments, and Future Studies.- Part II.- Introduction.- Profile of Edward Caffarella.- Profile of Sharon Smaldino.- Part III.- Introduction.- Worldwide List of Organizations in Learning, Design, Technology, Information or Libraries.- Part IV.- Introduction.- Worldwide List of Graduate Programs in Learning, Design, Technology, Information or Libraries.- Part V.- Introduction.- Mediagraphy.