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Bryan, Donna; Forman, David C. – 1976
General demographic characteristics of State University of Nebraska (SUN) learners are reported, based on information drawn from the registration form and the Student Information Questionnaire. Thirteen tables are presented with data on: median age of SUN learners; distribution of sexes; marital status; family status; annual income; size of town…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age, Aspiration
Bryan, Donna; Forman, David C. – 1977
Based on a period of two and one-half years, during which the State University of Nebraska (SUN) has offered 15 multimedia courses to Nebraska learners, this report offers a statistical summary of student characteristics. The courses offered include: Accounting I, Accounting II, Adams Chronicles, American Economy, Anyone for Tennyson, Classic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age, Aspiration
PDF pending restorationYarrington, Roger, Ed. – 1979
The nine articles in this collection by members of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' Task Force on the Uses of Mass Media for Learning are concerned almost entirely with television, since the telecourse is the medium with which the most experience has been gained and which has the most potential for many community…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Broadcast Industry, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Sell, G. Roger – 1975
In this working paper and executive summary, focus is on procedures to be used in cost-effectiveness studies of the University of Mid-America/State University of Nebraska (UMA/SUN) delivery system of open learning. Two major questions are addressed: Should cost-effectiveness studies be undertaken, and if so, what kind of studies? The planning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
Chander, Romesh; Karnik, Kiran – 1976
This document reports on the technical and programmatic planning stages of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), which was undertaken by India in 1975-76 utilizing the first satellite capable of transmitting television programs directly to community receivers. Programmatic planning includes program objectives, the mechanics of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Broadcast Reception Equipment, Communications Satellites, Cooperative Planning
Download full textThompson, Jay C., Jr.; Malm, Loren D.; Malone, Bobby G.; Nay, Fred W.; Oliver, Brad E.; Saunders, Nancy G. – 1997
This study evaluated strategies to encourage interaction in a distance education setting, specifically a Ball State University (Indiana) distance graduate-level course in Elementary School Curriculum which utilized the World Wide Web and a "Class Page." Participants were primarily elementary school teachers (47 graduate students) who…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Elementary Education
Centre for Literacy, Montreal (Quebec). – 2000
This annotated bibliography was developed for the Centre for Literacy of Quebec's 2000 Summer Literacy Institute, "Adult Literacy and Television: Has a Familiar Resource Been Overlooked?" and contains 49 citations of Canadian, British, and American research in the field of adult literacy and television from the 1960s to the year 2000. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Instruction
Peer reviewedFox, M. F. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1996
Describes and evaluates televised lectures that were added to a geography course to accommodate classroom overflow. Comparisons of academic performance between attendees of the live lectures and the broadcast audience revealed no significant difference. Survey questionnaires indicate that students felt the televised method to be valuable. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Size, Distance Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Peer reviewedZeller, Nancy – Review of Higher Education, 1995
Describes the current status of postsecondary distance education (DE) in the United States and Canada, focusing on ways in which DE can be used to further local or national policy goals. Presents four examples of DE policies and programs, each representing a different focus (laissez-faire, consortium, coordinating board, and comprehensive). (MDM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comprehensive Programs, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedDille, Brian; Mezack, Michael – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Describes a study that was conducted to identify predictors of high-risk students enrolled in telecourses at a community college. The use of Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (RIELC) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) are explained, hypotheses tested are discussed, and demographic variables are examined. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedBoulet, Marie-Michele; Boudreault, Serge; Guerette, Louis – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1998
Presents an analysis of the learning outcomes pertaining to one unit of the undergraduate television distance-education course, Information Technology, in the computer science program at University Laval (Quebec, Canada). Investigates the relative effects of television distance education versus tradition classroom teaching on learning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Conventional Instruction
Hammond, Ron J. – 1997
A study was undertaken at Utah Valley State College to assess the quality of learning experiences of students taking a sociology telecourse. This included comparing results for day students viewing the course in a classroom and students viewing the course at home or in other locations in the community. Surveys were distributed to 62 classroom- and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation, Distance Education
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The Illinois Community College Board created the Telecommunications Ad Hoc Task Force (TAHTF) to examine the current status of telecommunications in the Illinois Community College System (ICCS), to determine the feasibility of establishing a statewide telecommunications network, and to recommend policies for the development and use of such a…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Sharon, Donna; And Others – 1990
Through a series of case studies, this report examines the varied connections between selected Ontario schools and the TVOntario programs and services designed to support teaching and learning. The case studies profile nine school districts: Waterville, Countryside, Edgewater, Cliffside, Pleasantville, Rocky, Satellite City, Centretown, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Change
Barker, Bruce O. – 1987
High school administrators in sparsely populated rural areas are showing great interest in interactive satellite instruction as a way to resolve teacher shortages and meet rigorous state graduation requirements. Televised classes permitting live teacher/student interaction via satellite communication systems and regular telephone lines provide…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Community Education
