We describe the development of a telephone-based program, Recreation, Education, and Socialization for Older Learning Veterans (RESOLV) that aims to connect Veterans with one another by phone and thereby reduce loneliness. The program was developed through a collaboration between VA and a community-based organization, Episcopal Senior Communities…

The Missouri Telephone lecture network is presently used for extension programming with health professionals. The author describes how this educational technique might be applied to many adult groups. The author describes how the system works and some of its advantages. (MS)

The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the School of Pharmacy developed and presented, as a pilot project, a series of four telelectures at 10 locations throughout the State. Participating pharmacists were receptive to the approach and reported favorable reactions in the evaluation. (LH)

The non-academic adult is defined for the English as a second language teacher on the basis of his attitudes toward language. He doesn't care to theorize about language; he just wants enough mastery of it to function in the particular social milieu in which he expects to live and work. The ESL teacher should find out what the student's social and…

An adult education correspondence program involving programed and nonprogramed materials, including telephone and personal contacts between student and teacher. (SP)

This study compares the effects of a compressed speech program transmitted via the Educational Telephone Network (ETN) system on various professional adult groups throughout Wisconsin with that of a program transmitted at normal speech. It is concerned with the noise source, receiver and destination aspects of the Shannon Weaver communication…

Describes the University of Wisconsin Extension Program's Educational Telephone Network (ETN) which provides more than 150 credit and noncredit program series annually. Points out that ETN has proved to be an effective, low-cost means of meeting the increasing demand for continuing education. (JMF)

The University of Wisconsin Extension has developed the technology and programing to deliver noncredit educational broadcasts via telephone to professional audiences in remote locations throughout the state. Research has shown two-way audio to be an effective educational medium, permitting feedback, discussion, resource sharing, and the sharing of…

Independent study or distance education courses were established in 1973 at five universities in Sweden. Evaluation of the project was planned to include: (1) a description of the student population, (2) a study of the students' use of and attitudes toward distance-bridging aids such as examinations and methods of instruction, (3) a special study…

Descriptions of a liberal studies program at Claremont College, California; the University of British Columbia local government project; recent Syracuse University publications in continuing education; Kansas State University teleteaching efforts; the interinstitutional University without Walls" consortium; and the University of Washington…

Describes a study undertaken to continue work that has been done on the relationship between course completion and telephone tutoring in distance education. Results indicate a statistically significant positive, although modest, relationship does exist; correlation is greater in adult basic education and career technical vocational programs than…

Describes the bilingual programs of the Ontario Educational Broadcasting Office (OTEO), in particular the French as a second language series, its history, and its innovative methods. These series have included courses for children, adolescents, and adults supplemented by publications, students telephone monitoring, and weekly workshops. (MES)

THIS PROJECT TESTED WHETHER THE TELE-LECTURE AND ELECTROWRITER COULD (1) BE USED EFFECTIVELY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTION OF ADULTS IN MULTIPLE REMOTE AREAS, AND (2) USED BY A MASTER TEACHER TO PROVIDE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ADULTS WHICH IS AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE AS FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION. UTILIZING AMPLIFICATION AND MICROPHONE TRANSMISSION…

Literature on four methods to effectively use the telephone to reinforce two-way communication in instruction is comprehensively reviewed. A study conducted in Sweden using teleteaching, telelecturing, dial-access, and teletutoring is briefly discussed. A bibliography of 93 items is included. (DS)

This conference report is the ninth in an annual series. The theme of the 1975 international conference was continuous education, the provision of education for individuals at any time in their lives when they think it beneficial. The text consists of 27 papers that address the continuous education theme, educational media related to the theme, or…