Discusses the Public Broadcasting Service's failure to provide critical support for telecourse users. Announcement of telecourse schedules too late for college planning requirements, increased need for delayed telecourse playback, increased fees, exclusive course contracts, and telecourses inappropriate as required or elective courses are…

Customer service trainees (n=20) received audiographic presentations via the Internet, 20 controls received onsite instruction. Only 4 of the experimental group did not like the lack of visual contact with instructors; 36 of 40 recommended the workshop; 15 of the experimental group would not have been able to participate without the distance…

States that although credit-bearing videotaped college courses ("telecourses") are a recent concept, the market is large and potentially lucrative. Points out increasing pressure on college administrators and communication educators to develop videotaped business communication and management instruction. Concludes that by identifying and…

Described the efforts of a cultural anthropologist to produce a course for educational television and the effect of combining TV classes, correspondence techniques, faculty counseling and testing as well as coordinated text assignments. (Author/RK)

THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN THE SCHOOL AND IN THE COMMUNITY ARE REVIEWED FROM A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S STANDPOINT. THE RESULTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROJECT INSTITUTED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY AN OVERSIZE SCHOOL POPULATION AND THE NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE SHOW THAT TELEVISION STUDENTS IN…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS REPORT, THE FIRST IN A SERIES, STUDIES THE APPLICATION OF PRETESTING PROCEDURES TO BROADCAST TELEVISION. EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PREVIEW VERSION OF A TELEVISED LESSON AND ITS REVISED COUNTERPART. THE EXPERIMENT WAS…

The Great Plains National Instructional Television Library provides for the acquisition, storage, duplication, and distribution of videotaped instructional materials, and for the annual publication of this catalog. In addition to giving information on prices, acquisition, and previewing policies, the catalog describes and outlines each telecourse.…

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan. This booklet lists the schedule of courses offered by NHK on educational television and radio for 1972. A wide range of instructional broadcasts are offered. For school children from kindergarten through high school,…

Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) instruction was piloted to test the viability of a cooperative system of shared instruction that could be cost-effective and efficient, reducing unnecessary duplication of courses taught. Results of the 1984 pilot show that ITFS was successful based on participants' (industry employees and the public)…

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

Educational administrator preparation is facing challenges in keeping up with rapidly changing delivery systems, as well as dealing with a shortage of well-trained school principals and superintendents. Distance learning offers an opportunity to serve diverse populations with a focus on individual uniqueness, needs, and concerns. Technology can…

Article details Georgia Educational Television Network facilities and organizational structure, illustrating their solutions to the problems of serving a scattered and diverse market. GETV series for both public and instructional television are highlighted. (Author)

Describes the 1979 conception and subsequent development of "The Computer Programme," a British television series introducing adults to computers and computing. Discusses the positive response to the program. (DMM)

Reviews the outcomes of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Adult Learning Service's first year of operation. Discusses PBS's efforts to improve its service to public television stations, colleges, and adult learners. Highlights activities to overcome problems related to timing, course selection, pricing, and exclusivity. (AYC)

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.…