The use of innovative language in education is a current and pressing issue in a digital landscape where knowledge and skills are acquired in much more complex and fragmented ways than in the past (Di Blas, 2016; Selvaggi, Sicignano, & Vollono, 2007). We are experiencing a lot of interest in flipped classrooms, interactive learning…

The Ethiopian development plans have dealt with education sector as a key strategic pillar. There have been a lot of educational efforts. Especially to cope with lack of qualified teachers, lack of good teaching models, and remote rural regions separated from educational benefits, Ethiopian Ministry of Education has made efforts in utilizing…

Distance education initiatives that incorporate interactive television are explored from the perspective of two social work programs. Though both programs are of similar size and exist in the same state, one is private and located in an urban area, while the other is public and located in a rural area. Four key dimensions essential to distance…

This position paper presents the resolution that adult educators develop and better utilize cable TV as a medium for serving the educational needs of the community. Research into the use of cable technology and special training in cable television for educational purposes are presented as areas of concern for adult educators. (MW)

Discusses a proposal to use satellite communication systems to bring a current events program into the classroom. The author argues that the immediacy of the program would incite students to learn and would make the connection between news and knowledge. (IRT)

Reviewed are some of the steps taken by Sesame Street staff in developing initial educational television programing for children with retarded development and having mental age of 3 to 5 years old. Three programing objectives are outlined: (1) to make selected elements of Sesame Street's curriculum more comprehensible to mentally retarded (MR)…

Though instructional development models stress the importance of formative evaluation, techniques for the formal evaluation of video tape programs remain primitive. The attention, attitude, and adoption levels achieved can be assessed by use of the following evaluation instruments: (1) expert appraisal of script; (2) special questionnaires; (3)…

A three-part petition was filed in December 1974 with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which presented the first serious threat to public broadcasters' exemption from the FCC's multiple-ownership rules. The petition requested a revision of the rules that permit multiple ownership of noncommercial educational stations within a single…

This paper gives a brief overview and history of the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) begun at California State University, Chico (CSUC) in the spring of 1975, and describes the on-going operations of television activities at CSUC, the only five-year institution of higher education in Northeastern California. Currently known as…

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…

Described are activities of Community Education Services (CES) in providing Sesame Street programing designed for and featuring children with mental retardation and other developmental special needs. Supplementary materials provided by CES are noted to include training films for teachers and parents, an activity book, and special activity…

Eight guidelines are presented for more closely integrating television into the total instructional process and for increasing its support and use. Developed through experience with instructional television at the state network level, these guidelines advocate (1) choosing an instructional area with an identified need, (2) choosing an area with a…

An examination of the general uses of video in instruction helps to formulate appropriate policy for maximizing video production and use. Wide use of instructional television makes advanced knowledge more usable and increases public awareness of new discoveries, reduces the time lag between conception and application of ideas which change society,…

Reviews the uses of television in education and considers the future in relationship to the microelectronics revolution. New microelectronic technology, cheap information storage, and cheap transmission of information are discussed as major components of a revolution in educational television use. (Author/BK)

Television aesthetics is the study of the compositional principles pertinent to the television medium in which basic elements of the television picture such as light, color, framing, space, time, motion, editing, sound, etc. are examined in relation to the finished product, the television program. The major areas covered by television aesthetics…