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| Sell, G. Roger | 2 |
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| Kamata, Akihito | 1 |
| Lefranc, Robert | 1 |
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Lefranc, Robert – 1973
The 1960's witnessed in Europe the development of distant study systems based, to begin with, essentially on radio and/or television together with correspondence courses. In secondary education these included the German Telekolleg and the French RTS Promotion, produced under the auspices of the Office Francais des Techniques Modernes d'Education;…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Educational Media, Educational Television, Higher Education
Quanty, Michael – 1976
This report summarizes results of a survey administered to Johnson County Community College (JCCC) students enrolled in two television courses, Classic Theatre, and The Ascent of Man, during fall 1975. Although questionnaires were mailed to 60 students in Classic Theatre and 121 in The Ascent of Man, usable responses were received from only 23 (38…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Television, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics
Brown, Laurence A. – 1975
The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss learner responses to the television component of the various courses developed or offered by the University of Mid-America (UMA). Implications for courseware development are outlined, and research questions to be addressed are suggested. Four courses were offered by UMA: (1) Accounting I, (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Educational Television
Download full textBower, Beverly L.; Kamata, Akihito; Smith, Kathleen Shea – 2001
This report describes a pilot project designed to explore the influence of particular personality and demographic characteristics on community college student satisfaction with distance learning, specifically interactive telecommunications (ITV) courses. The study used the Telecourse Evaluation Questionnaire (TEQ) and the Sixteen Personality…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Television
Lent, Richard – 1974
The University of Mid-America's (UMA) goals and plans are reviewed in this evaluation planning paper. Several issues effecting the overall shape of external evaluation activities over a five-year period are described. Focus in this report is on UMA's philosophical orientation and future plans, the rationale for the open learning approach, UMA open…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consortia, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Dallas County Community Coll. District, TX. – 1977
During the fall semester of 1976, a pre-test/post-test study was conducted to compare open circuit television and on-campus instruction for "introduction to business" students. The telecourse consisted of on-campus orientation, newsletters, a study guide, 30 TV programs, telephone assistance, selected activities, and examinations. The sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Broadcast Television, Business Education, Community Colleges
Brown, Laurence A. – 1976
The relative achievement and appeal effectiveness of a multimedia nontraditional course with open learning adult learners and on-campus students were examined in this study of a University of Mid-America course. Focus was on (1) the achievement and appeal effects, with on-campus students employing or omitting the television component in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Adult Education, Course Evaluation
Aversa, Frances M. – 1975
This report documents the conduct and results of activities to evaluate the first offering of The Consumer Experience to adult learners through the State University of Nebraska (SUN). A project of the University of Nebraska, SUN is a nontraditional, open learning program designed to extend postsecondary educational opportunities to persons who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Protection, Course Evaluation, Delivery Systems
Sell, G. Roger – 1976
The second phase of field testing for an Introductory Psychology course offered in the regional open learning program of the University of Mid-America is reported. Learner characteristics and learner evaluations of the instructional units are compared with findings from the first course offering. Throughout the paper, learner comments are inserted…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Educational Television
Eggert, John – 1974
Student assessment procedures used by the University of Mid-America/State University of Nebraska (UMA/SUN) for its first two televised courses, Introductory Psychology and Accounting I, are presented in this report. Included are descriptions of various experiments in producing test items, a report on the construction of tests from the items, and a…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Sell, G. Roger – 1975
Introductory Psychology is a multimedia course that may be taken for college credit from the University of Mid-America, which allows the learner to proceed at his own rate, and which encourages a support system of administrators, faculty, and learning center staff to assist the learner in the accomplishment of educational goals. The evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Delivery Systems
Walsh, Patrick L. – 1975
Approximately 700 questionnaires were mailed, and 365 usable responses obtained, in a study of persons who had inquired about the State University of Nebraska (SUN) spring 1975 telecourse offerings but who did not enroll. This working paper and executive summary compare the questionnaire respondents to SUN's fall 1975 learner population in terms…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Applicants, Costs, Decision Making
