| Acronym |
Expansion |
| NITV |
National Iranian Television |
| NIRT |
National Iranian Radio and Television |
| ERTI |
Educational Radio and Television of Iran |
| MOE |
Ministry of Education |
| ETV |
Educational Television |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| SFSU |
San Francisco State University |
| MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| IMO |
Industrial Management Organization |
| ADL |
Arthur D. Little |
| ADDIE |
Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate |
| UCIDT |
University Consortium for Instructional Development and Technology |
| IDI |
Instructional Design Institute |
| IIDI |
Iranian Instructional Design Institute |
| USC |
University of Southern California |
| IDD&E |
Department of Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation |
| SU |
Syracuse University |
| FAA |
Fine Arts Administration |
| AV |
Audiovisual |
| PSE |
Pathfinder System of Education |
| SEC |
Socioeconomic conditions |
| I/D |
Indirect/direct |
| FUI |
Free University of Iran |
| LRC |
Learning Resource Center |
| ERIC |
Educational Resource Information Center |
| PLATO |
Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations |
| IIGF |
Imperial Iranian Ground Force |
| PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
| ABU |
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Unit |
| AIOC |
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company |
| TCA |
Technical Cooperation Administration |
| NIOC |
National Iranian Oil Company |
| NHK |
Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) |
| DYNAMO |
Dynamic Models |
| RSL |
Stanford University’s Radio Science Laboratory |
| R&D |
Research & Development |
| NWLC |
United Nations’ National World Literacy Campaign |
| FUI |
Free University of Iran |
| OU |
British Open University |
| BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
| RSKU |
Reza Shah Kabir University |
| CCP |
China’s Communist Party |
| ICDI |
Iran Communications and Development Institute |