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Cater, Douglass – 1974
A panel discussion was held to examine the efficacy of the Applications Technology Satellites, powerful communication satellites designed to send quality signals to low-cost ground terminals. The satellites have been used on an experimental basis in rural America, Canada, and India. While the panel generally agreed on the great potential of the…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Conferences, Delivery Systems, Discussion
Clippinger, John H. – 1976
To identify the distribution of benefits that accrue from introducing communications technology in developing societies, two case studies were undertaken. The first case looks at telecommunications development in Algeria where telecommunications systems are being rapidly introduced to speed up industrialization and where a satellite system is in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communications, Communications Satellites, Developing Nations
Download full textGaven, Patricia; Williams, R. David – 1972
An experiment is proposed which will study the advantages of satellite technology as a means for the standardization of teaching methodology in an attempt to socially integrate the rural Alaskan native. With "Man: A Course of Study" as the curricular base of the experiment, there will be a Library Experiment Program for Adults using…
Descriptors: Budgets, Communications Satellites, Cultural Isolation, Educational Methods
Flinck, Rune – 1976
In an experiment in distance education conducted at the University of Lund, Sweden, students taking a course in educational technology studied at home with the aid of correspondence material. To help the students, telephone instruction with a tutor was provided. Each telephone conversation was recorded as part of the study. Students had positive…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Course Evaluation, Educational Media, Educational Research
Gaven, Patricia; Williams, R. David – 1972
ATS-F will be used by the Alaskan library community to develop a knowledge base for the library function of information delivery utilizing satellite technology. The experiment comprises three segments: (1) a weekly 15-minute participatory audio-video unit aimed at school children; (2) a weekly half-hour audio-video unit aimed at a variety of adult…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Budgets, Communications, Communications Satellites
Aspen Inst. for Humanistic Studies, Palo Alto, CA. Program on Communications and Society. – 1974
A volume consisting of a series of papers and documents from several conferences examines the regulation, uses, and problems of direct satellite broadcasting in an international context. It examines the history of the broadcast satellite, describes the current status, and explores the future possibilities of this global communications technology.…
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Conference Reports, Conflict Resolution
