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Turok, Ben – Teaching at a Distance, 1977
This article argues for another commitment by the Open University in a new field of educational technology based on the telephone. Consideration is given to one-to-one telephone calls for tutorial purposes, conference calls, teaching by satellite, and meeting by telephone. (LBH)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Bolvin, Boyd M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1975
Bellevue Community College (Washington) uses a touch-tone dial-access information-retrieval system to provide preprogrammed lessons, lectures, stereo music, current events, and other audio and video information in dial-access carrels on campus and via telephone in private homes. Future plans include the utilization of cable television for…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dial Access Information Systems, Educational Technology
Sumner, Jack A. – 1984
A key to the group dynamics process in teleconferencing is interaction and the use of interactive technologies. The user of teleconferencing for instruction has to accept several underlying assumptions: lecture is not necessarily sound instruction, especially for adults; teleconferencing is easy; and teleconferences require planning. Benefits are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
Showalter, Robert G. – 1983
The report summarizes achievements of a 3 year project to provide continuing education to speech-language-hearing clinicians and special education personnel via a speaker telephone. Committees were formed in each participating district to plan for staff development based on local needs. Consultants chosen to present training were asked to mail any…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Elton, Martin C. J.; Carey, John – 1977
Intended primarily for use by individuals about to assume responsibility for the implementation of field trials and demonstration projects built around interactive telecommunication systems, this report provides brief descriptions of 20 telemedicine projects, 12 teleconferencing projects, and seven involving two-way applications of cable…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computers, Demonstration Programs, Educational Television
Anderson, William A. – 1974
Four auditory delivery systems and their implications for instructing handicapped children are discussed. Outlined are six potential benefits of applying technologies to education, such as making education more productive. Pointed out are potential uses of sub-channel radio (such as programming for the blind), of broadband communication (such as…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Communications, Delivery Systems, Educational Technology
Rooze, Gene E.; And Others – 1969
An Educational Cooperative is a confederation of school districts which, in concert with an area university and a state department of education, employ media, mobile facilities, and communications technology to change and improve both educational organization and process. This paper details a general model for the development of adapted courses to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cooperatives, Course Organization, Educational Media
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Los Angeles Community Coll. District, CA. Div. of Educational Planning and Development. – 1973
The model of the outreach development process presented here is designed to increase access to education for district members not presently enrolled in one of the district colleges. The plan involves: identifying educational needs, determining if these needs can be met by the community colleges, determining which college should be responsible,…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Colleges, Educational Opportunities, Educational Technology
Slamecka, Vladimir; Jensen, Alton P. – 1970
Details are provided about the Audiographic Learning Facility, a pilot system for remote conversational instruction and learning developed by the School of Information and Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology. The report describes how learning materials, stored and reproduced in the form of a graphically supported…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Resources, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Spellman, Robert C. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1974
Considered the problem of growing concern about future enrollment at community colleges and discussed programs designed to bring the college to the student rather than the opposite. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities
Kordomenos, Vangalia; And Others – 1991
Elementary school mathematics programs based on textbooks can be analyzed according to mathematical concepts and skills that cause students difficulty by using a telephone assistance service. The Mobile County Public School System's (MCPSS) Homework Hotline in Alabama was used to collect data from callers requesting help with homework from…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Homework, Hotlines (Public)
MAHLER, HARRY B. – 1968
UNIQUE FEATURES AND FLOOR PLANS OF FUNCTIONALLY DESIGNED CORPORATE TRAINING CENTERS ARE DESICRIBED. THE TRAVELERS EDUCATION CENTER HAS SIMPLY DESIGNED ROOMS AND FEW AUDIOVISUAL AIDS (AV). BUTLER MANUFACTURING HAS ITS STUDY CENTER IN A WING OF A MOTEL WHICH IS CONVENIENT TO THE GENERAL OFFICES AND DOWNTOWN AREA. SINCE COMPANY PERSONNEL USE THE…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Aids, Building Design, Closed Circuit Television
Hofmeister, Alan M.; Atkinson, Charles A. – 1975
The Utah State University (USU) "Telepac Project" is a service delivery model for homebound handicapped children living in rural areas. Designed to effectively utilize limited numbers of professional personnel, Telepac makes use of: (1) telecommunications technology; (2) parents as a basic treatment resource; and (3) the technology of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Education, Handicapped Children, Handicapped Students
Douglass, Stephen A. – 1969
A research review was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of telewriting (the transmission of graphics and of speech through special telephone circuits) as a teaching technique or device in university extension. This involved a survey of pilot projects in Quebec, Iowa, Illinois, and elsewhere, as well as the need for innovations in adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Evaluation, Extension Education
Blackwood, Helen; Trent, Curtis – 1968
Research studied the effectiveness of class lecture as compared to telelecture, and the association between amount learned and the personal and situational factors of age, level of education, time of day, and attitude. Pretests and posttests collected level of knowledge and personal information from 71 women during a short course on Money…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Groups, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
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