Learning by television is not a new phenomenon and, as an educational medium, it has gone through some severe growing pains. Unfortunately, while advances in technologies (cable, home recorders, satellites, teleconferencing) have contributed to an increase in the number of telecourses since the mid-1970s, faculty are often unprepared to teach…

A sequel to the booklet "A Review of the Different Types of Instructional Materials Available to Teachers and Lecturers," this booklet begins by looking at ways in which video materials can be used in different instructional situations, i.e., mass instruction, individualized learning, and group learning. The basic principles of television picture…

This report of a conference on the use of telephone technology in education includes 33 papers which deal with such areas as the use of the telephone in the administration of a telephone network or conference system, support services, program evaluation in telecommunication, program planning, teleconferencing, computer control of teleconferencing,…

This report documents the Appalachian Education Satellite Project's (AESP) delivery of a continuing education course entitled 'Visual Learning' to 55 educators at 10 sites in Appalachia in Spring 1977. The course was intended to assist teachers in making more practical use of television in the classroom. Presented are: (1) a brief overview of the…

The first part of this report is an evaluation of the Washington State Community College Telecourse Consortium's initial project, the offering of "The Age of Uncertainty" for credit at seven colleges during fall quarter 1977. Responses to evaluation questionnaires from six instructors and 72 students indicated that enrollments were…

This publication is a programmed workbook designed for use by students in a course on a systems approach to educational staff development. The workbook is one element in an educational program developed by the Georgia Department of Education that combines use of the workbooks with televised programs broadcast on the statewide educational…

Critical of the language instruction which students receive in elementary and secondary schools, the author examines the teaching potential of televised instruction. Foreign language instruction in the elementary school is noted to be particularly weak. Discussion of an experiment involving some 800 children in 4th and 5th grades suggests that…

This report attempts to assess Articulated Instructional Media (AIM), a special degree program for adults which existed from 1964-68 at the University of Wisconsin. During 1964-66 a special sequence of interdisciplinary advanced courses in humanities, social studies, and the sciences were developed, which were an expansion of the school's…

Electrical engineering students at the University of Essex have been following as an integral part of their degree program, a credit course at the Open University. The effects of introducing a multimedia independent learning package into a conventional university are examined, the evaluation method is discussed, and differences in student…

Discusses the impact of changing technology on learning resource centers (LRC's), reporting on a survey of LRC directors at 15 multicampus colleges conducted to determine changes in use, shifts in technological emphases, budget support, discarded forms of instructional media, telecourse utilization, and computer use in instruction. (AYC)

Weekly projects designed for an introductory psychology telecourse encourage student involvement in psychology. Each project consists of a set of instructions for a psychological study using family, friends, and other telecourse students as subjects, discussion partners, or coresearchers. All collaboration is done over the telephone. Examples of…

Telephone equipment and television monitors allow university faculty to provide high-quality physics courses for secondary students. Equipment, technology, and course format for this remote site instructional program are discussed. Results indicate differences in small versus large school, but participants believe the project offers a solution for…

Describes cable television tutoring systems presently in use by and for students and teachers in various schools, including prepackaged and self-made educational programming. Provides information on negotiating a cable franchise and on setting up a nonprofit management access corporation. (TE)

This case study examined the benefits and costs of instructional television as employed by the Education Network of Maine (ENM) through its distance learning initiative. Data were obtained from the 1995-96 and 1996-97 academic years. In fall term 1996, there were 3,264 students enrolled in network courses, about 10.6 percent of system enrollment.…