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Teaching and Learning via Interactive Satellite--A Janus View.
Haughey, Margaret – 1983
Since 1978, the University of Victoria has offered courses to students in British Columbia, using an interactive satellite delivery system. During that time both the system and the course design have become more sophisticated. Principles underlying program design include focusing on the learner and communication with learners, and basing televised…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Curriculum Design, Design Requirements, Distance Education
Satellite Television Demonstration Project.
Alaska Governor's Office of Telecommunications, Juneau. – 1977
This report describes the status of this pilot satellite television project for the state of Alaska which provides for the distribution of television programming to the RCA Toll Centers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, and Bethel, as well as to 23 selected rural sites. The historical background is discussed, as well as the process involved…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Cost Effectiveness
Innovations in Distance Education Applied to the Professional Development of Teachers. (A Canadian Perspective).
Neufeld, G. Ronald – 1985
This paper presents a definition of distance education and a rationale for it both in pragmatic, problem-solving terms and in relation to a larger view of society. The geographic, political, educational, and technological context of distance education in Canada is then discussed. Traditional correspondence courses, satellite-delivered credit and…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Costs, Distance Education, Educational Television
A Real World Comparison of the Effectiveness of Satellite Training and Classroom Training.
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Whetzel, Deborah L.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
A study assessed the effectiveness of a satellite training program developed for the United States Postal Service and compared it with traditional classroom training for the same courses. Results show slight but statistically significant differences between the two methods of instruction for learning job-related skills. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education
Student Achievement and Attitude in a Satellite-Delivered High School Science Course.
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Martin, Elaine D.; Rainey, Larry – American Journal of Distance Education, 1993
Discusses results of a study of high school students that was conducted to determine, through measures of student achievement, the educational effectiveness of interactive satellite delivery compared with traditional classroom instruction in anatomy and physiology and to compare the attitudes toward anatomy and physiology of distance students and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anatomy, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis
Distance Learning in North Dakota: A Cross-Technology Study of the Schools, Administrators, Coordinators, Instructors, and Students. Two-Way Interactive Television, AudioGraphic Tele-Learning, [and] Instruction by Satellite.
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Hobbs, Vicki M. – 1990
In 1990 a comparative analysis was conducted of North Dakota student achievement across three forms of distance education: instruction by satellite, audiographic tele-learning, and two way interactive educational television. Based in part on the 1988 study of a German by Satellite program in Missouri and North Dakota, this study mailed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis