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Davies, N. G.; Gillam, J. A. – 1983
This report considers the potential for the use of the Australian Communications Satellite System (ACSS) for the Australian Schools of the Air (SOTAs) and the delivery of enhanced educational services, and develops the concept of all SOTAs operating through one transponder in a national beam. An evolutionary introduction of satellite transmission…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Costs, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Kitt, John; And Others – 1983
As part of an assessment of the educational uses of the Australian Communications Satellite System to be launched in mid-1985, this report focuses on the Mount Isa School of the Air. A general discussion assesses the mechanisms for delivery of distance education for isolated students in Northwest Queensland and considers possible functional…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Administration
Lalor, Gerald C. – 1982
A follow-up to a limited experiment with the use of satellites in education and public service conducted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1978, this study explores the feasibility of providing a number of services, which would include an extension system based on the use of the UWI telecommunications network. The study was designed to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Extension Education
Download full textKirman, Joseph M.; Goldberg, Jack – 1984
Two reports discuss pilot projects using the Computer Assisted Distance Education Telecommunication Project (CADET) in Edmonton, Alberta. The first describes two studies that investigated the feasibility of telephone communication between two or more microcomputer (Apple) operators using an Amdahl mainframe computer as an intermediary. The results…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computers, Distance Education
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1980
Documentation of the status of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Television Department's Cable Television Communications Research Project is provided, along with a report of an evaluation which was undertaken both to determine the impact and effectiveness of the EduCable program service to cable system subscribers and to assess the viability of…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Distance Education, Educational Television, Feasibility Studies
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1983
This report presents the recommendations of a committee that was formed to explore the possibility of using cable television networks as a method of delivering extension education programs to urban audiences. After developing and testing a pilot project that used cable television as a mode to disseminate horticulture and 4-H leader training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Cable Television, Delivery Systems
