This report summarizes the results of the 1985 Higher Education Utilization Study (HEUS-85), which provides current estimates of the availability, use, and support of instructional telecommunications technologies--video, audio, and computers--in the nation's colleges and universities, and describes the availability and use patterns of these…

The essays in this collection focus on recent advances in instructional technology and their use in community colleges. The collection includes: (1) "Telecourses: Using Technology to Serve Distant Learners," by Leslie N. Purdy; (2) "Satellites Stop Beeping and Start Teaching," by Peter Vander Haeghen; (3) "Change through Cooperation: The NILRC…

The advances of two-way cable television are discussed in this teachers' guide, which presents materials that have been developed as suggestions for teaching a two-way television course for advanced placement (AP) or honors students in foreign languages. The materials for the course, which is designed to enable students to study these languages…

The Texas Interactive Instructional Network (TI-IN), a private satellite system that provides one-way video and two-way audio communication, was used for a two-year pilot project which was conducted to determine if satellite instruction could be used successfully to share educational resources among institutions. Models of Teaching, a graduate…

In July 1985, declining state revenues forced Louisiana state legislators to institute a number of layoffs and hiring freezes at postsecondary-level vocational-technical schools in the state and to discontinue the state's policy of paying for the continuing education courses that the state's secondary-level trade and industrial education (T&I)…

The use of telecommunications to enhance local educational opportunities, especially in science and mathematics, was the subject of two hearings before a Senate committee. Eleven persons made presentations and/or submitted written statements at the first hearing: (1) Joseph Duffey, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; (2) Andy Turner,…

The programs described in this sourcebook of instructional and learning support activities in Canada that use communications technology in distance learning is based on the findings of a survey of Canadian universities and colleges, provincial departments of education, the telecommunications industry and organizations, professional associations,…

John Wood Community College (JWCC) serves a district population of approximately 90,000 in a predominantly rural section of west-central Illinois. In an effort to address the needs of the rural long-distance learner, JWCC has implemented a variety of instructional delivery techniques. Since its inception, JWCC has contracted with other area…

This report on an experimental project in distance education via the ANIK-B satellite, which was undertaken by the University of Victoria in 1979-80, highlights in detail those aspects that could serve as components of a model for a similar effort, and incorporates the pertinent data obtained during a formal evaluation of the project. The report…

West Virginia's Higher Education Instructional Television (HEITV) project is described. The program provides telecourses to viewers, or integrated learning units that combine instructional television programs with related print materials. Students watch the programs on their home televisions and complete readings and assignments at home. Three or…

This statement summarizes the results of a 2-year study on assessing long distance learning by telecommunications. Supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the study focused on the rapid development and use of telecommunications to offer postsecondary education, and the need to ensure the quality and…

This ERIC Information Analysis Product is intended to provide current, succinct, and accurate information regarding the use of television, especially telecourses, in 2-year postsecondary institutions. To provide a comprehensive overview of the subject, the monograph is divided into three major sections: (1) current developments in…

A survey of the use of television in education in Britain presents the medium not as a revolutionary approach to instruction, but rather as a new facility through which the teacher can better achieve traditional educational aims. The medium is analyzed according to its ability to magnify, distribute vision instantaneously, store visual material,…

Cabletelevision (CATV), if properly applied, can increase and enhance educational opportunities. FCC regulations allow free educational access to cable television. CATV has the capacity to dedicate more than one channel to education; this can provide a greater variety of educational programing with repetition throughout the day. A second…

CALLING CAREERS is a televised series of fifteen 20-minute lessons intended to acquaint fourth through eighth grade students with twelve vocational clusters and to demonstrate the opportunities contained within them, the relationships between them, and the personal characteristics and work habits they require. The series also demonstrates how jobs…