In the early 1950s television was the hot new broadcast media. The post-war economic boom meant that more and more American households were purchasing televisions, and television programming was growing to meet demand. The moment was rife with the potential to reach more and more people through the dazzling allure of television. Many American…

Lessons from early academic television courses from the 1950s guide an assessment of current disruptive technologies that shape Massive Open Online Courses (known as MOOCs) and other informal online learning opportunities today. This dissertation explores some of the unique contributing factors that led to the creation of "Sunrise…

This study's goal was to understand the extent to which providing access to media resources focused on critical science and engineering concepts can help children living in low-income households learn. The resources examined were from the PBS KIDS multi-platform property "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" Researchers found that…

Around 1,000 physicians were contacted in a telephone survey to ascertain their opinions of the weekly televised Clinical Service Seminars of WNYC-TV, Channel 31. These findings were then compared with the results of a written survey conducted in 1964. General practitioners and internists who viewed at least one-fourth of the programs were as…

IN SPITE OF ITS PROVED EFFECTIVENESS, INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION (ITV) HAS NOT REALIZED ITS FULL POTENTIAL AS A TEACHING MEDIUM. THE AUTHORS REVIEW THE HISTORY OF ITV, POINTING OUT THE REASONS FOR ITS PAST FAILURE AND ENUMERATING THOSE FACTORS WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE FULFILLMENT OF ITS PROMISE. FREE COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE ALSO AVAIALABLE FROM THE…

THE SATISFACTION OF THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL TV FIXED SERVICE WAS DISCUSSED. THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION WERE THAT THE COST PER STUDENT OR PER STUDENT HOUR OF INSTRUCTION HAD TO BE ECONOMICAL, THAT A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAD TO BE SERVED, THAT THE…

THIS GUIDE DESCRIBES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM DISTRIBUTORS FOR BROADCAST AND CLOSED-CIRCUIT USE. IT ALSO LISTS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS STILL BEING PLANNED OR PRODUCED, AS WELL AS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION. THIS IS THE SECOND REVISED EDITION OF THE GUIDE. (LP)

AN INVESTIGATION WAS DESIGNED (1) TO ANALYZE THE EMPATHIC PROCESS IN COUNSELING, (2) TO DEVELOP MEASURES OF EMPATHIC RESPONSIVENESS, AND (3) TO DEVELOP TRAINING MATERIALS TO IMPROVE THE EMPATHIC RESPONSIVENESS OF COUNSELORS. THE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED IN THE STUDY INVOLVED THE SPECIAL USE OF FILM AND TELEVISION AND THE SIMULATION OF A COUNSELING…

A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS BEGUN TO CREATE GROUP-PACED, PROGRAMED TELEVISION INSTRUCTION IN THE FORM OF A SHORT SERIES OF LESSONS DESIGNED TO ENABLE STUDENTS WITHIN A GIVEN TARGET POPULATION TO LEARN A SPECIFIC SET OF INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES. THREE GEOGRAPHY LESSONS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH A PROCESS OF TESTING, REVISING, AND VALIDATING UNDER…

TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION IN TRAINING NURSES, THIS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT EVALUATED THREE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS OF 15 STUDENTS AND FOUR CONTROL GROUPS OF 10 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING TEACHING CAPACITY BY FIVE STUDENTS PER INSTRUCTOR, THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS WERE NOTED FROM SEVEN EVALUATIVE QUESTIONS POSED TO…

A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO REPORT THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CLASSROOM LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BY MEANS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION (ITV) COURSES. THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF DISCUSSION WERE PRESENTED--(1) THE CORROBORATION OF IMPRESSIONS, (2) THE PROFESSION'S IMAGE, AND (3) THE USE, PROBLEMS, TECHNIQUES, AND RESEARCH IN ITV. DISCUSSIONS…

THIS REPORT REPRESENTS THE SECOND PHASE OF A TWO-PART RESEARCH PROJECT CONCERNING WAYS TO IMPROVE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF TEACHER EDUCATION THROUGH CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION AND KINESCOPE RECORDINGS. IN THIS PHASE IT WAS PREDICTED THAT KINESCOPE RECORDINGS WOULD PROVIDE A MORE EFFECTIVE MEDIUM OF OBSERVATION THAN LIVE TELEVISION, AND THAT TELEVISION…

This study examines the relationship between public television and the urban community in three cities--New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta--from 1952 to 1975. Analysis of the results indicates that, between 1952 and 1966, there was virtually no interaction between the urban black community and educational television, the predecessor of public…

EVIDENCE WAS SOUGHT ABOUT THE USEFULNESS OF KINESCOPE RECORDINGS OF STUDENT-TEACHING PERFORMANCES IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHER CANDIDATES. THIS REPORT, PHASE ONE, WAS CONCERNED WITH AN EVALUATION OF THREE SUPERVISORY METHODS--(1) SUPERVISION THROUGH PERSONAL VISITATION, (2) SUPERVISION THROUGH KINESCOPE RECORDINGS, AND (3) A…