Three community colleges and a television station cooperated in the development of a program for broadcasting college courses for credit. (CA)

Proposals are presented for policy development and planning for telecommunications courses in California community colleges, along with a paper which addresses the need for statewide telecommunications planning to serve the community colleges. After background material discusses the history of attempts at statewide planning for telecommunications…

This report is the study guide to English Composition, English 101, at the TV College of the Chicago City College. It includes a list of required textbooks, a schedule of telecast lessons, reading assignments, instructions and objectives for telecast lessons, sample of student writing, and writing assignments and exercises. (JC)

Describes a program at Puerto Rico Junior College that offers credit and noncredit courses over a commercial television station. (IRT)

Offers background on the design and production of telecourses, reviewing four production phases used in the Dallas County Community College District. Covers such topics as needs assessment, funding, textbook selection, and script and print package development. (DMM)

Provides citations and abstracts for ERIC documents dealing with the use of educational television at community colleges. (DMM)

Florida Junior College students will be able to select courses at campus sites using Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) system, a closed circuit, two-way educational system currently available only in residences wired for cable TV. Many associate degree requirements may be fulfilled by taking courses offered via the ITFS system.…

In line with the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration's Horizons theme, the 18-college Outreach Consortium of Southern California has developed "Contemporary California Issues," an interdisciplinary telecourse designed to draw attention to and sharpen the focus on nine contemporary issues. (NHM)

Traces improvements in broadcast technology and the increased use of satellites in providing education for previously unserved populations. Describes the concept of a Telecourse Channel that would provide college-level courses via satellite to any educational institution willing to pay the requisite fees. Urges educators to support the telecourse…

In the spring of 1976, "The Adams Chronicles", a bicentennial television course developed by Coast Community College District and the University of California at San Diego, was distributed to colleges nationwide at no charge with the understanding that each college would return information regarding promotion, enrollment, and form of…

Describes how televised writing instruction works, why television is used to teach writing, what the programs are like, the effectiveness of this kind of instruction, and what the problems of telecourse instruction are. (JK)

Divided into nine sections, this reference guide provides sources of information on the dissemination and practice of distance education, access to programs and agencies concerned with distance learning and telecourses, and bibliographic citations for evaluation studies that have researched the effectiveness of telecourses as instructional tools.…

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE OREGON TELEVISION JUNIOR COLLEGE AS AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM FOR GIFTED STUDENTS WAS CONDUCTED. THE PROGRAMS WERE USED OVER A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS BY 14 HIGH SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE RECEIVING AREA OF THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATION. STUDENTS VIEWED THE…

Examines the use and convenience of distance learning by telecourses, providing results from surveys of Montgomery Community College students over a 10-year period regarding their preferences and the appeal of telecourses. (DMM)

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…