Descriptor
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 2 |
Location
| California | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textPietras, Jesse John – 1992
This overview of educational telecommunications and distance learning in Connecticut includes information on the Connecticut Department of Education and the Connecticut Public Television statewide, two-channel, ITFS (instructional television fixed service); the Connecticut Community College system's Community College Instructional Television…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
The purpose of this hearing was to get a sense of the larger picture of what educational television is currently doing, what the alternative modes for educational television are, the merits of the programming that is currently available, what the documented educational impact in schools that have used educational TV has been, the types of policy…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Foster, Laura Kliewer – 1991
Most midwestern states have experimented with some type of interactive video for educational purposes, but Nebraska has developed a statewide system to transmit educational programs, mainly via satellite telecommunications. Other states may find Nebraska's experiences helpful in considering their own educational telecommunications plans.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Communications Satellites, Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Appropriations. – 1995
This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing called to assess the effectiveness of federally funded educational technology programs, particularly Technology for Education, Star Schools, Ready to Learn Television, and Mathline. Other educational technologies were introduced at the hearing as well,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Technology, Educational Television, Expenditures
Peer reviewedSmith, Ralph Lee – Planning for Higher Education, 1979
Increasing demands on the broadcasting industry to serve the public interest are discussed in reference to the rewriting of the 1934 Communications Act. Recommended major public interest provisions are detailed and their implications for educational broadcasting are discussed. An annotated list of telecommunications agencies is included. (BH)
Descriptors: Agencies, Audiovisual Aids, Broadcast Industry, Computers
PDF pending restorationFar West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1991
This report provides a brief summary of the major findings and recommendations derived from an extensive study of educational technology programs funded by the State of California since 1984 under two legislative acts, AB 803 and AB 1470. An independent evaluation of educational technology programs required by AB 1470 was conducted by The Far West…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational Technology
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1985
Third in a series of reports on Minnesota's Technology Demonstration Program, this document provides a synthesis of previous findings, presents a critique of the technology program, and evaluates 15 demonstration sites which were chosen to serve as models for the uses of technology in instruction and management. The report is divided into three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
