Today's teacher, standing in the midst of a technological revolution, must as k himself some questions about the probable effects the medium he intends to use will have on the learning process. For the teacher considering instructional television, a series of incisive questions about the nature of the medium and its potential application in the…

Preliminary report on the findings of a nationwide survey of the use of instructional television in schools. (STS)

Data collected by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting indicate that more than 70 percent of all institutions of higher education make some use of television. Ten percent use it only for noninstructional purposes such as promotion, recruitment, or staff development; 61 percent use it for instruction; and 36 percent use it to supplement existing…

The extent to which teachers use the services provided by The School Television Service (STS), the instructional division of Channel 13/WNDT (New York), was studied. After determining that the STS is representative of many broadcast instructional television agencies, a five-page questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1037 teachers whose…

Adults have increasing flexibility in taking advantage of college courses in their homes, since most U.S. public television stations broadcast television courses each semester. Most of the students for television courses are older than traditional college students, female, and employed. (Author/MLW)

The Higher Education Utilization Study conducted in 1979 and 1980 looked at television, radio, and audio. Information about current uses of television and radio by institutions of higher education and opinions about the factors that affect these uses was analyzed. (MLW)

These are the preliminary findings of a report designed and implemented by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to describe the status of instructional television. The following areas are covered: (1) attitudes toward ITV, (2) usefulness of ITV, (3) facilitation and hindrance, (4) availability of ITV, (5) delivery methods, (6) equipment…

A study analyzed the instructional television (ITV) services provided by public television stations to schools throughout the country. It also examined the relationship between the schools and the stations. A questionnaire was sent to 141 public television stations in November, 1974, which found that most stations provide instructional programing…

A survey of the uses of instructional telelvision (ITV) in elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States was undertaken by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Center for Education Statistics. Teachers, principals, and superintendents were queried in the areas of availability, commitment, actual use, and…

This final report describes a survey by mail questionnaires of 2,993 colleges and universities to determine the uses each institution makes of television in their academic programs. The overall response rate was 94 percent, and the major findings indicated that approximately 71 percent of the institutions surveyed make some use of television, and…

Findings of a study that examined the extent to which television was used for instruction and other purposes in 1978-79 by all state and land-grant colleges and universities in the United States are examined. Questionnaires sought information about the college's uses of television, the uses for instruction, the types of television outlets, the…

A framework for classifying the uses of telecommunications in higher education is suggested, with examples of current programs and developments at a variety of institutions to illustrate the range of possible applications. (MSE)

In order to determine what constraints lead students to enroll in television-based courses, personal interviews were conducted in the fall of 1989 with students enrolled in at least one telecourse at four institutions, i.e., Governors State University in Illinois, Northern Virginia Community College, Memphis State University in Tennessee, and the…