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Download full textSullivan, Michael; And Others – 1994
This book provides information supplemental to the accompanying videotape regarding the implementation and use of two-way, full-motion interactive television. Based on a study conducted by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, "Local Heroes" describes in detail how citizens have implemented the technology in small rural…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Interactive Television
Azin-Manley, Mariam; Olson, Christine – 1997
This report presents the results of the evaluation of the Governor's Pilot Distance Learning Project conducted during the spring of 1997 in four rural Wyoming high schools that served as pilot sites for the use of compressed video technology. Such technology provides coursework via two-way interactive video and is used in several states as a way…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Feasibility Studies, High School Students, High Schools
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
Wall, Milan – 1985
Technological delivery systems currently available or in use are examined for adaptability by rural schools, especially high schools faced with increasing demands to expand curriculum. This report focuses on the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory's (McREL's) service area of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, 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
