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Davies, N. G.; Gillam, J. A. – 1983
This report considers the potential for the use of the Australian Communications Satellite System (ACSS) for the Australian Schools of the Air (SOTAs) and the delivery of enhanced educational services, and develops the concept of all SOTAs operating through one transponder in a national beam. An evolutionary introduction of satellite transmission…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Costs, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Kitt, John; And Others – 1983
As part of an assessment of the educational uses of the Australian Communications Satellite System to be launched in mid-1985, this report focuses on the Mount Isa School of the Air. A general discussion assesses the mechanisms for delivery of distance education for isolated students in Northwest Queensland and considers possible functional…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Administration
Download full textYajnik, Girish G.; Lopez-DeFede, Ana – 1992
This final report presents results of a feasibility study and implementation plan concerning the establishment of a national assistive technology information and referral (ATI&R) network. The study explored the feasibility of establishing such a network from two perspectives: the current processes used to disseminate information about assistive…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Disabilities, Feasibility Studies, Information Management
Lalor, Gerald C. – 1982
A follow-up to a limited experiment with the use of satellites in education and public service conducted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1978, this study explores the feasibility of providing a number of services, which would include an extension system based on the use of the UWI telecommunications network. The study was designed to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Extension Education
Repetto, Jeanne B.; And Others – 1993
Project RETAIN (Retention in Education Technical Assistance and Information Network) is a Florida project to assist school districts through identification and dissemination of effective practices that keep students with mild disabilities in school. One part of the project attempted to establish a consensus among experts in the fields of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delphi Technique, Dropout Prevention, Education Work Relationship
President's Task Force on Federal Training Technology, Washington, DC. – 1999
To explore options to establish Federal Individual Training Accounts (ITAs), a study reviewed Pennsylvania's Individual Learning Accounts, Cedar Company's Individual Learning Accounts, ITAs under the Workforce Investment Act, and the United Kingdom's Individual Learning Accounts. ITAs were defined as a base amount of resources--dollars or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Finance, Employer Employee Relationship
