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The Development of Research in Broadcasting at the Open University
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Bates, Tony; Gallagher, Margaret – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1976
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Educational Development, Educational Research, Educational Television
Survey of Student Use of Broadcasting
Bates, Tony – Teaching at a Distance, 1976
Reports a 1974 survey of the 12,800 students taking courses in Britain's Open University to determine viewing and listening figures for each course and to compare the figures for different transmission times and the different faculties (disciplines). The average student watched about two-thirds of the TV and heard about half of the radio programs…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Courses, Educational Radio, Educational Research
Improving the Effectiveness of Open University Television Case-Studies and Documentaries.
Bates, Tony; Gallagher, Margaret – 1977
It is argued that students find it difficult to reap the full potential of television case study programs, and find it particularly difficult to integrate this material with the material contained in correspondence texts. The difficulties could be explained by examining more closely the various dimensions of a television case study:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Evaluation, Documentaries, Educational Television