Compares factors required for a successful distance education course to requirements for designing a unit of instruction using instructional systems design (ISD). Application of these requirements to video teletraining is discussed to demonstrate that teaching ISD may be accomplished by teaching preservice teachers how to design a distance…

In undergraduate distance education, two approaches are emerging: (1) an individualized model based on correspondence study, giving students flexibility and control; and (2) the distributed classroom, cohorts working collaboratively and independently in resource-rich environments. The distance learning population is so diverse as to make the…

Northern Kentucky University uses Ole, online learning educational system, which provides an interactive learning environment. Pilot participants received better grades and evaluated instructors more favorably than controls. An average of 30 percent savings per student over five years is expected. (SK)

Comparison of students taking a televised (n=19) or classroom-based (n=52) course on aging found that telecourse students completed more readings; the classroom group had significant increases in knowledge and better access to instructors. After course revision, telecourse students made significant improvements in knowledge and got higher grades…

Questionnaires were mailed to 138 students in 55 communities in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Yukon, who had enrolled from their homes in an introductory psychology distance education course; 92 responses were received. In addition to an integrated, open learning course package in print form, students could also watch a weekly one-hour live…

Results of an evaluation of the Washington Higher Education Telecommunication System (WHETS) are summarized. The system links Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman and the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle with the off-campus sites in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver. The system also expands the microwave link between WSU and the…

This is a workbook for an inservice teacher training course on sex role stereotypes. The workbook is divided into eight workshop topics: the masculine mystique, the feminine mystique, language and textbooks, classroom practices, early childhood, athletics, career guidance, and cultural values. For each topic, suggestions as to the structure and…

In the spring of 1976, "The Adams Chronicles", a bicentennial television course developed by Coast Community College District and the University of California at San Diego, was distributed to colleges nationwide at no charge with the understanding that each college would return information regarding promotion, enrollment, and form of…

THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WITH LARGE ENROLLMENTS IN COLLEGE HISTORY COURSES WAS DEFINED AND EVALUATED. ONE INSTRUCTOR PRESENTED LECTURES BY TELEVISION TO AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND DELIVERED THE SAME LECTURES TO A CONTROL GROUP. DISCUSSION SECTIONS OF BOTH GROUPS WERE LED BY THE SAME INSTRUCTORS, AND THE SAME MIDTERM AND FINAL…

A catalog of instructional television courses was compiled by the Agency for Instructional Television, a nonprofit American-Canadian organization established to develop cooperative program projects and to distribute television and related print materials for use as major learning resources. Over l00 television courses are included for primary…

Describes how televised writing instruction works, why television is used to teach writing, what the programs are like, the effectiveness of this kind of instruction, and what the problems of telecourse instruction are. (JK)

Discusses the benefits and disadvantages of television as a learning medium for adults. Concludes that television's positive benefits outweigh the negative effects, provided that the medium is seen as just one part of a larger whole. (CH)

Discusses the need for a computer literacy course, one university's nontraditional approach to teaching computer literacy, telecourse components (television programs, telecourse textbook and guide, software application projects), and conclusions regarding computer literacy. (CT)

Reports on Japan's University of the Air (UA), a broadcast, distance education venture empowered to grant bachelor of liberal arts degrees in several curriculum areas. Discusses the project's background, the state of telecommunications in Japan, UA curricula and goals, and possible problems. (LAL)

Explains what the new act means to public and instructional broadcasters and schools that use or copy their programs off-air.