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Download full textBond, Sally L. – 1987
Designed to aid local educators as they formulate plans to use distance learning as a strategy for providing effective educational experiences, this resource guide provides an introduction to telecommunication-based distance education technologies and guidelines for their implementation. The first of six sections discusses the rationale for…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Costs, Distance Education, Educational Television
Zigerell, James, Ed. – 1986
Each of the nine articles in this monograph demonstrates the use of a particular telecommunications technology, or a mixture of technologies and media at particular community colleges. Following an introduction by James Zigerell, the monograph presents (1) "Teleconferencing: The Homebound Project at Rio Salado College," by Helen Sprawls, which…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Community Colleges
DeHart, A. Robert; And Others – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1987
In these four technology-related articles, Robert DeHart examines uses of satellite technology; Jack Pirkey describes televised instruction at Tarrant County Junior College (Texas); Baxter Hood focuses on occupational curriculum development at York Technical College (South Carolina); and Richard Schinoff considers computer-based student services…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Barker, Bruce O. – 1986
Three telecourse programs offering high school credit courses via interactive satellite communication are described and evaluated. German by Satellite and Physics by Satellite from Oklahoma State University feature biweekly 40-minute broadcasts with audio interaction via regular telephone lines and microcomputer voice recognition software at…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Curriculum Enrichment, Distance Education, Educational Innovation
Barker, Bruce O. – 1987
An evaluative questionnaire completed by 30 high school principals and 159 high school students who used the TI-IN Network demonstrated the advantages of interactive satellite television instruction for rural and small schools. The study found that a large number of subscribers to TI-IN were small rural high schools whose principals stated that…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communications Satellites, Curriculum Enrichment, Delivery Systems
Barker, Bruce O. – 1987
High school administrators in sparsely populated rural areas are showing great interest in interactive satellite instruction as a way to resolve teacher shortages and meet rigorous state graduation requirements. Televised classes permitting live teacher/student interaction via satellite communication systems and regular telephone lines provide…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Community Education
Pease, Pamela S.; Tinsley, Patsy J. – 1986
The paper details development, implementation, and user research/evaluation of TI-IN Network, Inc., the first private, interactive satellite based educational system in the United States developed for public schools and offering a total systems approach by providing both user technology and a wide range of course offerings. An overview of specific…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adoption (Ideas), Communications Satellites, Curriculum
