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Download full textBarker, Bruce O. – 1986
Advances in satellite technology hold great promise for offering a broad and varied curriculum in small rural schools. In 1985 and 1986 three vendors in the continental United States pioneered the offering of interactive satellite instruction for high school credit courses. The programs were: (1) German by Satellite offered by the College of Arts…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communications Satellites, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Stinehart, Kathleen; And Others – 1987
This guide was developed to help administrators and educators plan and implement videoconferences and credit courses using the Iowa State University studios (WOI). In a short narrative format, the guide leads the reader through the videoconference or course process. The guide is organized in three sections. The first section presents an overview…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Check Lists, Closed Circuit Television, Communications Satellites
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1993
This document presents a work plan for developing distance education programs delivered by telecommunications and other media to citizens of the state of Washington. It is intended to provide direction for future postsecondary education programs delivered in whole or in part by telecommunications and for a study on how to accomplish this. The plan…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. School of Education. – 1989
This document contains 35 papers: "Distance Education with a Human Face" (Holmberg); "Time Is Money and Vice Versa: Reflections on Using Satellite Delivery to Improve Cycle Time and Quality" (Robinson); "Distance Education: Consolidating the Gains" (Grossman); "The Human Resource Imperative" (Atkinson); "Developing Short Courses for Business and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Communications Satellites
Nelson, C. H.; Minore, J. B. – 1988
In late 1986, the Ontario government began a 4-year undertaking to establish a distance education network for northeastern and northwestern residents. The network, Contact North/Contact Nord, uses a full complement of interactive telecommunications systems to make secondary and postsecondary education more accessible regardless of community size…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communications Satellites, Continuing Education, Demography
Grieve, Shelley; Singer, Norman M. – 1984
This report summarizes the findings and implications of a study that examined the potential for expanded use of satellite-related telecommunications in vocational education, focusing on the short-term potential of satellites in the areas of instruction, training, administration, and governance. The investigation found that a variety of…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Cooperative Planning, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation
