Brief descriptions of how various schools around the country use cable television. (HB)

Methods and advantages of audio and audiovisual typewriting instruction, as used by the Shawnee Mission (Kansas) School District, are discussed. (SH)

This document supports the use of instructional television particularly as an alternative to the large lecture hall classes. The geology program at the University of Arizona consisting of television presentations from 1962 to 1970 is reviewed, including the history of the program, course description, attendance, course organization, TV facilities,…

Concludes that television is a medium that embodies a code of its own, combining auditory and visual conventions, just as print a language is a conventional code. These codes enhance each other in some ways that assist the process of learning to read. (Author)

Describes the development and implementation of television courses in the Coast Community College District. Discusses telecourse operations, enrollment, and student characteristics. (MA)

Television programs, utilizing the satellite to reach rural disadvantaged groups in six States in Central and Eastern India, will broadcast instructional information in four dialects. Program development and effectiveness are discussed, with implementation planned for August 1975. (LH)

"Telesecundaria" has for the past six years attempted to provide secondary education (grades 7-9) by television to those students who would normally not be able to continue their education beyond the primary level. The study reported here aimed to evaluate the system, especially its cost-effectiveness, suggest strategies for improvement,…

The history of the Television Center is presented, and its wide range of current activities are outlined. (LS)

The role of copyright and other limitations on use of educational software and the effective training of teachers to utilize changing technology were the focus of the third and final session of a 1983 series of educational technology review panels. Daniel Brooks and Michael Remington discussed the current and changing status of copyright…

Designed to provide an overview for educators, this report summarizes experiences to date with applications of communications and computer technology to distance education. Findings relevant to educators concerned with grades K-12 in the six-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas are emphasized. A brief…

The second year of Project Reach, a Federally funded two-year program, pursued two tactics for increasing the adult basic education (ABE) program relevance and effectiveness in South Bend, Indiana: (1) the training/hiring of ABE students as media paraprofessionals, and (2) a media enrollment campaign of various media promotions (television/radio…

The schedule with dates and topics for television biology programs to be used with classroom lessons during the first half of the 1975-76 school year is provided, plus a brief description of the contents of some of the programs. (Author/ND)

Describes a five-state project which proved that a videotaped quiz show can be an effective format for teaching consumer education to teenagers and adults. (TA)