RESEARCH FINDINGS DERIVED FROM CLASSROOM COURSES OFFERED BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WERE REVIEWED. THE COURSES CONSTITUTED ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE FIELD RECOGNIZED AS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS OR COMMERCIALLY SPONSORED PROGRAMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED. STUDIES REVEALED THAT TELEVISION STUDENTS HAVE DONE WITH TELEVISION, IT…

Discusses the progress of educational television systems in Latin America. Three types of systems are identified and evaluated, one a direct import of the European or North American models of conventional schools instructional television, and two that have been developed in Latin America. (CHC)

The Anik-B Project is part of the two-year communications experiments for which the Anik-B satellite is being used. The project was designed to explore the possibilities of using Interactive Instructional Television (IITV) to provide distance postsecondary education for people living in widely scattered and sometimes inaccessible areas of British…