Distance universities excel in using digital media technologies for content delivery and collaborative interaction to compensate for limited face-to-face opportunities. Now that an ever-growing variety of media technologies, devices, and services are flooding the market, possession of expertise about the educational opportunities of these…

This paper reflects on the evolving experience of modern distance education (DE) as a field of practice for professionals and as a medium for student access to education and training. The writer's 30 years in the field, as both teacher and student, has coincided with the five-stage evolution of DE delivery defined by Taylor (1995-2010). The author…

Presents overview of this special issue focusing on the field of educational technology. Highlights include the nature of technology and social values; the effects of technology on curriculum and education; differences between educational and performance technology; the training of educational technologists; and trends shaping education now and in…

Discusses the use of technology in six school locations across the United States for projects that enable children to learn and teach about themselves and where they live, while integrating and learning new technology. (JKP)

This report contains descriptive summaries of the results of the Inter-Project/Inter-Country Study Visits on Educational Technology sponsored by the UNESCO Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) to provide an opportunity for specialists in educational technology from the participating countries to: (1) make on-site…

To provide parents with a clearer picture of what does or what can go on in the classroom when innovative materials and ideas are used, a demonstration program was presented for them by the local university and student teachers. Student teachers briefly introduced the purpose of the demonstration and materials used, had the elementary students…

The evolution of medical schools from their post-Renaissance Italian prototypes to present modern facilities has been marked by a variety of philosophies, methodologies, and pedagogical styles. Pressures to improve medical curriculum led to the educational media movement of the 1950's. By 1970, the Association of Professors of Gynecology and…

As the fourth part of a comparative study on the administration of audiovisual services in advanced and developing countries, this UNESCO-funded study reports on the African countries of Cameroun, Republic of Central Africa, Dahomey, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Swaziland, Tunisia, Upper Volta and Zambia. Information…

This paper describes the College of Career Practitioners, a program designed for the people who choose to deliver career support services to others. It operates on a combination of computer-mediated communication and printed materials. Students interact with tutors on-line and conduct most of their guided research for assignments on the Internet.…

General session, small group activities, and on-site visits are represented in these papers from a conference which had the objectives of defining alternatives for systematic curriculum development, providing for the interchange of experiences in determining needs and instructional specifications for material production, and developing a plan for…

In 1971 the Appalachian Community Service Network (ASCN), a non-profit community service network, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with broadcast facilities in Lexington, Kentucky, began to beam teacher education courses via satellite to teachers at 45 community receiving sites located in 13 states throughout the Appalachian region. The project…

While interdisciplinary courses can help demonstrate the relevance of learning to students and reinforce education from different fields, they can be difficult to implement and are often not cost effective. An interdisciplinary art history course at Ohio's Sinclair Community College incorporates science into the art history curriculum, making use…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) is based on the premise that wide-scale distribution of instructional television beamed by a communication satellite is an alternate way of achieving instructional goals. Difficulties encountered are due to the fact that the traditionally stated goals of schools are ambiguous, there is little…

Describes the developing use of visual aids in the English classroom, from picture books and magic lanterns to projectors, films, television, videotapes, and computers. (MM)

Laptop computers offer a unique way to package a course so that students will learn academic communication skills using the latest technological tools. Laptops can be programmed to be compatible with a school's computer system, eliminating many potential problems students might face in adapting their home computers. Additionally, a level playing…