This second volume of a two-part study is intended to help educators construct viable plans for the use of cable television (CATV) in education. Following an introductory consideration of CATV as a means of distribution, the report lays out the steps for the planning, development, operation, and evaluation of a project, illustrating successful…

Cable television (CATV) has often been put to educational uses too quickly, too comprehensively, too superficially, and for the wrong reasons. In Pennsylvania, as in other states, there is a need for a systematic approach to coordinating CATV with other educational resources. The Pennsylvania Department of Education can promote the more effective…

This is the first of a planned series of Aspen Notebooks on cable television (CATV). Part I reports on research conducted by the Aspen Workshop on Uses of the Cable. It describes the status of continuing education and the history of educational television and explores the prospects created by cable's development for extending access to continuing…

Edited versions of the conference presentations are compiled. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together media specialists and other educators from throughout Pennsylvania to evaluate the basic assumptions underlying the educational use of cable television (CATV) and to share ideas about the ways in which cable could be used to change the…

This is the first volume of a two-part study of the role of cable television in education; its purposes are to discuss the implications of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that all cable systems in the top 100 markets must reserve one channel for educational purposes and to stimulate the interests of educators by making them…

This first of a four-volume series of reports summarizes the results of the MITRE Corporation's five years of technical, economic, and operational studies of interactive television. First reviewed are some major accomplishments such as: 1) the development of a new cable television (CATV) system configuration 2) the application for social services…

The National Educational Association (NEA) makes recommendations on the services of franchised cable television stations to schools. The recommendations, in 20 areas, are then compared with existing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations on each point. The recommendations include: a minimum of at least one educational access channel…

A survey of public television station managers was conducted for 1973 to evaluate different activities, types of services being performed or desired, and other information of interest to the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Responses to questionnaires and/or interviews by the station managers showed that the overall quality of PBA programing was…

Aspects of educational television (ETV) covered in this report include its history, growth and development, noncommerical television broadcast stations, instructional television fixed service (ITFS), microwave relay system, television signal translators, cable systems, and the use of satellites. The report also outlines the Federal Communications…

Discusses the need to see television production in terms of a total television system and provides a directory of manufacturers whose products relate to this need. (LS)

Traces Amarillo College's involvement in instructional television (ITV) programming from the creation of a degree program in radio-television in 1955 to its current arrangement with the local cable television system, through which ten college-credit telecourses, several locally produced programs and series, and special satellite-network…

Explores the possible use of simultaneous multi-channel still picture television broadcasting to improve foreign language listening comprehension. Current application of such a system in Japan is described and additional uses for multi-channel programing are presented. (RAO)

Describes a minicomputer software system for the administration of instructional programs combining interactive cable television and computer aided instruction for potentially large populations at relatively low cost. Both basic two-way cable television technology and the system developed by Michigan State University are discussed. (Author)

Advocates the use of television mass media, through local cable television facilities, to encourage students to learn about other cultures and countries, and to inject the international dimension economically and practically into university coursework. (SR)

This report summarizes the results of a two year investigation into the feasibility of using telecommunications satellites for educational purposes compared with the use of other delivery systems. Different systems emerge as preferable depending upon such circumstances as topography, number, and geographic distribution of participants, and the…