Lecture videos are an integral part of distance education. Much has been done to investigate the effects of lecture video styles, but many of the studies have methodological issues and confounding variables. The current study focused on the amount of motion in two types of lecture videos (hand-drawn and narration-over-PowerPoint) and investigated…

A study examined the skills and knowledge that television production specialists, with no previous experience or educational background prior to their employment at four-year universities, had to learn in order to perform jobs in distance education. Topics include technical skills, personal and interpersonal skills, and instructional design…