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

College students in telecourses (n=699) completed personality and attitude instruments. Students most satisfied with telecourses were mature, venturesome, outgoing, practical, relaxed, and studious. Techniques were recommended to help those less satisfied, who tended to be highly anxious, introverted, and less mature. (SK)

A telecourse on "Growing Old in a New Age" had three components: television program, printed support materials, and faculty participation. Formative evaluation and pretesting helped shape the final product. (SK)

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)

Presents a report on experience with examples of exercises from Lesson 5 "Old friends" (Grade 9), Lesson 18 "In the Stadium" (Grade 9) and Lesson 5 "Get acquainted with Leningrad!" (Grade 10) of a Russian television course. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The findings of a survey conducted in January 1978 to determine the interests and characteristics of students enrolled in telecourses at Central Texas College, are reported. Questionnaires were returned by 41 percent of the telecourse students. Responses indicated that the large majority of these students were married Caucasian females between the…

In Surrey, where there are not enough specialist teachers to provide Latin, educational television courses are being designed from two text series: "Ecce Romani" by Oliver and Boyd, and the "Cambridge Latin Course." (SJL)

The authors describe pedagogical techniques based on one and a half years of planning and executing the introduction of a graduate marketing management telecourse. They focus on issues of positioning strategy that arose during the introduction and on the pedagogical techniques that were used to handle them. (CH)

To increase options for academically talented students without incurring the scheduling problems associated with concurrent high school and college enrollment, North Olmstead High School (Ohio) developed a college "credit-in-escrow" system using locally broadcasted telecourses. Qualified juniors and seniors may enroll in these…

This study, first in a three-part series, looked at distance education at Boise State University, Idaho, to explore the current distance education delivery methods, the growth in distance education, enrollment, and teaching in distance education. Data from various university sources show that in the past 5 years, the numbers of distance education…

A description of SPAN (Start Planning Ahead Now), a comprehensive career education project in Memphis, Tennessee. (HB)

Article serves to provide audiovisual specialists with background information about ESAA-TV, and then briefly discusses the specific programing now in planning or production as the result of the first year's Emergency School Aid Act television grants. (Author)

An outline of the BBC's provision of television for British schools describing the constitution and function of the School Broadcasting Council and the role of the BBC School Television Department. (Author)

Reviews the literature on distance learning. Devotes particular attention to the telecourse and the role two-way communication plays in distance learning effectiveness. Concludes that a broad theoretical framework that can be applied to distance learning is lacking and needed. Suggests needed research. (JOW)

Reviews the marginal success of college-level telecourses in increasing enrollments, reducing costs, and improving instruction, and points to reasons for these disappointments. Considers many telecourses over-hyped, over-sold, and under-delivered. Advocates a close and realistic look at the current telecourse movement and the involvement of master…