In 1986, the Instructional Telecommunications Consortium was funded to collect data over a 3-year period on the utilization of telecourses as a way to offer college credit instruction to off-campus learners. First-year findings, based on course data submitted by 172 institutions, included the following: (1) 183 different telecourses were offered;…

Based on data collected over a period of 3 years (1987-1989) on the utilization of telecourses for college credit instruction, this report presents the over-all state of postsecondary uses of telecourses and examines current trends. It is noted that the study is limited to telecourses used to reach distant learners, and that personal computer…