Examines the Schooldisc program developed jointly by the American Broadcasting Company and the National Education Association and compares Schooldiscs with "ThinkAbout," an instructional television series produced by the Agency for Instructional Television. (IRT)

Mohawk College piloted eight teleconferences and eight telecourses using the Temporary Educational Systems typology and the Concerns-based Adoption Model. Teaching, technical, and financial concerns were identified, four telecourses were adopted, and a long-term plan was developed. (SK)

Six years ago Educational Service District 101 in Spokane (Washington) decided to use telecommunication technology to provide courses via satellite to rural schools in the northwest. Today the network totals 530 schools covering 13 states and produces 11 student courses, plus enrichment and teacher in-service courses. Advises school boards…

The University of Wyoming uses two-way audio teleconferencing to deliver instruction to distant learners. The design of telecourses follows five stages: faculty recruitment, precourse discussions with the course coordinator, faculty workshop, small-group instructional diagnosis for midcourse feedback, and final course evaluation. (SK)

A control group of 31 received traditional microeconomics instruction; 20 experimentals viewed the Economics U$A telecourse with lecture, discussion, and textbook. Pre/posttest data demonstrated no significant differences in comprehension of content or in cognitive level, although the video group did do better in the area of implicit application.…

Access to nursing education in Pennsylvania is enhanced by telecourses transmitted to worksites (hospitals and other health care facilities) via Instructional Television Fixed Service and two-way microwave telecommunications. (SK)

Examines, using grounded theory methods, an interactive, televised writing course taught via Teletechnet, a distance-education program at Old Dominion University. Shows how technology affects a writing classroom and influences the construction of students as writers. Suggests that institutional contexts are reconfigured in televised instruction as…

The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the School of Pharmacy developed and presented, as a pilot project, a series of four telelectures at 10 locations throughout the State. Participating pharmacists were receptive to the approach and reported favorable reactions in the evaluation. (LH)

SUN, the State University of Nebraska, is America's most ambitious effort to exploit educational television's ability to distribute college-level materials broadly, quickly, and cheaply in order to serve those who cannot or will not go to the traditional places of learning. (Author)

Five years ago, the TI-IN Network launched the first private long-distance interactive television network. Via satellite, it now beams live televised interactive courses taught by master teachers to thousands of high school students scattered across 29 states. Begun as a public and private joint venture with the Education Service Center Region 20…

The goal behind a televised correspondence class in theatre is to expose students to the fact that variety is a magic factor in theater. In the three-unit course, students watch televised videotapes; read the plays, textbook, and teacher-developed study guide; and mail in their completed assignments. The first videotape, "Miss Julie," shows a…

How KETC-TV, St. Louis, Missouri, distributes instructional television programs to schools on videocassettes. (HB)

In line with the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration's Horizons theme, the 18-college Outreach Consortium of Southern California has developed "Contemporary California Issues," an interdisciplinary telecourse designed to draw attention to and sharpen the focus on nine contemporary issues. (NHM)

RESEARCH FINDINGS DERIVED FROM CLASSROOM COURSES OFFERED BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WERE REVIEWED. THE COURSES CONSTITUTED ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE FIELD RECOGNIZED AS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS OR COMMERCIALLY SPONSORED PROGRAMS WERE NOT CONSIDERED. STUDIES REVEALED THAT TELEVISION STUDENTS HAVE DONE WITH TELEVISION, IT…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS REPORT, THE SECOND IN A SERIES, EXAMINED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIVE STUDENT RESPONSE ON LEARNING DURING TELEVISED LESSON. PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMING DERIVED FROM TEACHING-MACHINE RESEARCH AND APPLIED IN THIS STUDY INCLUDED (1) THE REDUCTION OF LESSON…