This handbook is designed to serve the needs of colleges and universities considering the development of distance degree programs. Its objectives are to report on current practices among colleges offering degree programs primarily through telecommunications; to describe current distance degree programs that can be used as models; and to identify…

This study was planned to develop and evaluate an assessment component to measure student attitudes on science as influenced by subject matter presented via telecommunication. Use of technology to introduce varying, exciting, and effective education is becoming commonplace, and assessment of student attitudes is essential to evaluating, updating,…

The Science across Asia Pacific Project introduces a new approach to learning science and environmental issues through encouraging communication between school children in different Asia Pacific countries. The aims of the project included the following: introducing an Asia Pacific dimension into science education by raising awareness of different…

This document consists of the first four issues of a newsletter entitled "Edutopia." The name Edutopia signifies a version of what a technology-enriched educational system of the future would look like. The newsletter is intended to facilitate the integration of interactive multimedia and telecommunications technologies with teaching and…

This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing regarding legislation to reform national telecommunications policy. Most of the proposed changes would allow Americans greater freedom to choose among communication products and services. Among the topics this hearing addresses are increasing…

To respond to the needs of place-bound adult students, an increasing emphasis has been placed on off-campus credit activities in the state of Illinois. During academic year 1995, 52,609 off-campus courses were offered in the state, with the Illinois Community College System accounting for 78.6% of these offerings and independent colleges…

This collection presents papers pertaining to the wide area of educational multimedia and hypermedia. The conference serves as a forum for the dissemination of information on the research, development, and applications in all areas of multimedia/hypermedia in education across all disciplines and levels of education. The papers cover a wide range…

This final report presents the evaluation procedures and data pertaining to the California Telemation Project, a statewide effort which began in 1993 to equip K-12 educators and administrators with the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully use telecommunications technology in support of teaching and learning. The report consists of three…

This issue of "CQ Researcher" examines the theme of computer networking in the classroom and discusses uses past and present. It begins with an essay by Christopher Conte that discusses: "Does computer networking really enhance learning? Are teachers adequately prepared to take advantage of computer networking? Will computer…

This document provides the text of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, legislation enacted "to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies." The legislation contains…

Communications media have long been acknowledged as the site of intense political struggle over issues of access to, control over, and representations in these media. That communications research is likewise the site of struggle between the various paradigms of the discipline is, however, troubling to the neophyte communication scholar. For well…

A mail survey of a random sample of 253 West Virginia teachers elicited information related to subjects' backgrounds, telecommunications skills, access to computer resources, preferences among common telecommunications applications, and preferences among options for learning about telecommunications. Four scales measured computer literacy,…

The Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Occasional Papers distribute information on the use of networking, information technology and telecommunications by and of interest to the international library community. This occasional paper is comprised of three papers related to technologies in Russian libraries: (1) "The First Russian…

This study is an attempt to determine the extent of telecommunications use by secondary school science teachers in the Queens borough of New York City. Science teachers in 39 middle schools and 32 high schools were surveyed in May, 1994, in the following categories of information: access to computers, hardware preference, hardware in use, access…

Designed to update "The Institute Bibliography 1990" and its 1991 supplement, this bibliography includes all items submitted by members of the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) that are relevant to the area of educational technology. Although this is an update to the 1990 edition, it contains some new entries from 1989 onwards.…