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Taylor, Elizabeth; And Others – 1982
Students were surveyed to determine the outcomes of participation in an introductory social science course at the Open University (England). The 18 students were taking their first Open University course, and most had little recent formal education. Many were unsure about their ability to handle the course and did not know what to expect of it.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Benefits, Expectation, External Degree Programs
Download full textBrown, Robert D.; And Others – 1973
Research evaluated the effectiveness of varying television (TV) lesson formats. Adults ranging in age from 17 to 58 viewed lessons in accounting and psychology in four formats featuring: 1) a storyline running through a lesson; 2) a news magazine format dealing with different concepts in one lesson; 3) a non-authoritarian narrator; and 4) an…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Brown, Lawrence A. – 1975
The television component of each of the four courses offered to date by the Universtiy of Mid-America and the State University of Nebraska is by design an important instructional element of the course. Enrollees in the courses were surveyed for their opinions. Generally the course television components have been considered to be both helpful and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Educational Objectives, Educational Television
Eggert, John D. – 1975
"Making It Count," a multimedia computer course designed to be offered on public television for college credit at the sophomore level, was offered by the State University of Nebraska in 1975. The course was developed by the Boeing Computer Services. The course enrollment was 79, with 64 enrolled for credit. The mean student age was 36.5,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Brown, Lawrence A. – 1975
Accounting I, a multimedia course, was the first course produced by the University of Mid-America, and was offered publicly for the first time by the State University of Nebraska in October 1974. A brief overview of this first offering includes: (1) a description of its development; (2) details of its initial offering, such as registration…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Brown, Lawrence A. – 1975
A brief overview is given of the State University of Nebraska's second offering of the multimedia course, Accounting I, in March 1975. Document HE 010 419 provides a description of the course and its components. The present report includes: (1) details relating to the second offering; (2) a profile of enrollees; (3) enrollee achievement; (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Course Content, Course Evaluation
