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Direct linkPurdy, Leslie N. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Telecourses can offer quality learning experiences and be effective means of serving nontraditional students. Most of the quality telecourses have been produced in the last five years, although some instructional areas are not well represented, and educational and commercial producers will be increasing the choices and control of offerings. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Nontraditional Students
Nelson, Clifford L.; And Others – 1989
In order to reach instate clientele more efficiently and effectively, agricultural education and home economics teacher educators in the state of Washington have used two-way microwave television technology. The Washington Higher Education Telecommunication System (WHETS) has allowed the Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Television, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Robbins, Christopher M. – Distance Education Report, 1998
Surveys at Darton College (Albany, Georgia) revealed that faculty felt little personal connection to existing pre-produced telecourses and that students felt isolated from the on-campus community. Describes the implementation, success, and subsequent expansion of a system allowing the transmission of courses to home-based students as they are…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Download full textEarl, Archie W., Sr. – 1989
Defining a telecourse as a series of lessons presented through the medium of television, this paper outlines four uses of telecourses and describes three different options for telecourse design: (1) use of commercially-available materials; (2) use of professor-developed materials; and (3) a combination of the two. Focusing on the…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Check Lists, Distance Education, Educational Television
Dillon, Connie L.; And Others – 1990
This document is divided into: (1) a television curriculum guide and (2) a resource guide. The first describes a four-part television series designed to improve instruction. Section 1 acquaints the participant with some of the issues in distance education, including teacher roles, the impact of technology, parity between the traditional and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCarver, Joyce; MacKay, Ruth C. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1986
Reports on a distance education undergraduate nursing course offered by Dalhousie University School of Nursing (Nova Scotia) via live interactive television during 1984-85. The delivery method, course design, student achievement and attitudes towards the delivery method, costs, and advantages and disadvantages are described. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communications Satellites, Costs, Course Descriptions
