In spite of repeated research into the matter, no evidence has been discovered to support the claim that color television is superior to black-and-white television as an instructional aid. It is possible that there are advantages to color television which are unmeasured or unmeasurable, but the current claims for color; that it heightens realism,…

A discussion of how video and television technology has advanced and is being used in the schools. (HB)

An instructional television system is described that uses no studio crew and no control room. This system, called self-directed television production, requires that switching and camera-handling be done by the performer himself while he is performing. The University of Florida Project Genesys, a closed-circuit television system which utilizes the…

A very advanced electronic instructional system is being designed and constructed which will be used in dental laboratory courses. The system will include 100 student stations, each with three-dimensional video, both motion and still, and live three-dimensional equipment of a unique design. Instruction may be programed in multiple-track or…

Describes a program in Chicago in which clusters of ethnically similar and geographically close ghetto schools have pooled their resources to create instructional television programs more closely related to the needs of their students than are the programs available through the district wide ITV system. (LS)

Although much has been written about techniques of artistic expression in the various media and about the social implications of the more persuasive of these, there is little information on communications theory which is useful to those who must make decisions concerning the applications of this new technology. Information refers to something…

The results of a survey of four kinds of television-based educational programs are presented. The study examined the developmental steps which preceded the production of Sesame Street by Children's Television Workshop, of the Chicago TV College, of Telekolleg of Germany, and of the Advocates; the aim was to identify developmental models to be used…

Of two-dozen pavilions at Expo 70 visited and observed for their film presentations, in only one case was the film displayed on a single screen of standard shape. This exception was the Russian three-dimensional film. All the other films were shown on wide screens or multiple screens. Screens were side-by-side, above and below each other, facing…

The use of television as a component of instructional programs designed for home-based students was studied. Three on-going programs--Chicago's "TV College;" Bavaria's "Telekolleg", and a Children's Television Workshop series, "Sesame Street"--were chosen for examination. The planning and development stages of these…

A decentralized system of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) was established in clusters of six to nine ghetto elementary schools in Chicago to increase the relevance of televised instruction, allow each group to provide its own curriculum, and to involve classroom teachers in program development processes. An additional benefit, that the programs…