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Hewitt, Louise Matthews – 1980
This guidebook offers practical advice on planning, administering, and evaluating telecourses. An introductory section provides a definition and history of telecourses. The following section covers procedures such as planning for implementation of the telecourse, securing approval for the telecourse, deciding on the credit and grade options the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Television, Postsecondary Education, Program Administration
Stupart, J. D. C.; Duby, Aliza – 1986
A summative evaluation of the effectiveness of the educational television series, "Statistics," that aired on South African television is presented. The two episodes chosen from the six-episode series covered pie charts, pictograms, and pictographs (episode 1); and point-of-view interpretations of statistics (episode 4). The evaluation…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education
Sharpe, Mal; And Others – 1980
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…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Educational Television, Postsecondary Education
Kesten, Cyril; Burgess, J. Orrison – 1985
This description of a project offering live television transmissions as an addition to the University of Regina's (Saskatchewan, Canada) distance education system includes: (1) an introduction; (2) a description of and rationale for the evaluation model used; (3) a description of the data collection process; (4) a summary of the findings; and (5)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Television
Purdy, Leslie Noble, Ed. – 1983
Designed to provide a broad picture of the state of instructional television for adults and to identify major issues relating to instructional telecourses, this reader presents 50 articles in seven categories relating to the production and distribution of telecourses. Section I presents six articles on the growth in the use of telecourses, which…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education, Educational Television
Adams, Terry – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1980
Telecourses allow students to test their interests and aptitudes before committing themselves to a course of study. Milwaukee Area Technical College telecourses are available throughout a wide area via cable television. Because videocassettes of courses are available in the library, self-paced learning is possible. (SK)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Cable Television, Educational Television, Higher Education
Robbins, Christopher M. – Distance Education Report, 1998
Surveys at Darton College (Albany, Georgia) revealed that faculty felt little personal connection to existing pre-produced telecourses and that students felt isolated from the on-campus community. Describes the implementation, success, and subsequent expansion of a system allowing the transmission of courses to home-based students as they are…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Educational Television

Greene, Alexis – Change, 1979
The Higher Education Cable Council (HECC) and Warner Cable Corporation offer courses on QUBE, the two-way cable television system, but the HECC colleges rely on videotapes rather than QUBE's interactive capacity. High costs, low registration, and other problems faced by the council are discussed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications, Educational Problems, Educational Television
McLaughlin, G. Harry; Tilroe, Robert, Ed. – 1973
A pilot television series reached some 100,000 Ontario elementary school students with a series on meteorology and ecology. Flexible interactive opportunities (via broadcast, newsletter, phone, mail, personal contact) were utilized; resources not available were provided, while at the same time local options were preserved and encouraged. Use of…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Ecology, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Hawkridge, David – Teaching at a Distance, 1978
The academic policies, course content, use of television, evaluation policies, and image problems of the University of Mid-America, a type of open university/correspondence school serving seven mid-western states, are examined and compared to the United Kingdom's Open University. (JMD)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Correspondence Schools, Course Content, Educational Policy
Munshi, Kiki S. – 1980
Based on a review of existing literature and interviews with more than 50 individuals at television stations and colleges, this report describes the state of the art of telecourses. Following an introductory chapter, 13 chapters discuss the following aspects of telecourses: (1) definition and scope; (2) the institutional environment; (3) the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Television, Interviews, Literature Reviews

Wilson, Virginia; Litle, James; Coleman, Mary Ruth; Gallagher, James – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1998
Describes experiences developing a distance learning via television program at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. It focuses on the importance of instructor and facilitator training, student selection, physical arrangements for the studio/classroom, and an evaluation plan. (DB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Design, Distance Education, Educational Television
Kumar, Narendra; Chandiram, Jai – 1967
In a program launched in 1961, more than one and a half million students in nearly three-hundred Delhi Secondary Schools regularly view television lessons closely related to their prescribed course of studies. The outstanding elements in the Delhi scheme are: planning, cooperation at all levels, integration with the syllabi in the schools, and…
Descriptors: Asian History, Assignments, Conventional Instruction, Educational Television
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
Dallas County Community Coll. District, TX. – 1979
This report chronicles the six-year growth (1972-1978) of Dallas County Community College District's (DCCCD) Instructional Television program (ITV), explaining the design, production, implementation, components, and evaluation of the telecourses within the program. It also includes discussions of local and national distribution of courses,…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Closed Circuit Television, Communications, Community Colleges
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