Surprisingly, distance education is quite an old concept. Its origins date back to the first correspondence-based course, which took place via the postal service in Boston, USA, in the 18th century. Rapid technological developments, especially in video and audio streaming, have increased the availability of such courses and moved learning into the…

The Director of Education for the Australian Broadcasting Commission outlines the various programs, built around a two-way radio network, used to personalize education for the lonely child isolated in Australia's outback." (Author/LS)

A report on the use of correspondence courses and educational radio to overcome geographic problems in Australia and on the use of instructional television in American Samoa. (LS)

To meet the educational and health needs of isolated families in Australia, unique methods have been devised to overcome the problems of distance and isolation. Among these are the radio school of the air, the preschool correspondence course, and the flying doctor service. (SE)

Describes the Katherine School of the Air, an educational institution that provides children isolated in Australia's Northern Territory (the outback) with an educational program via daily two-way radio lessons, correspondence courses, and regularly scheduled visits by air. (MLH)

THIS VOLUME CONTAINS SIX CASES ON THE USE OF TELEVISION, RADIO, AND COORESPONDENCE STUDY--ALONE OR IN COMBINATION--FOR INSTRUCTION. EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION, AND ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICAN SAMOA (ETV), USA (HAGERSTOWN ETV), THAILAND (EDUCATIONAL RADIO), JAPAN (ETV AND CORRESPONDENCE), AND AUSTRALIA (RADIO AND…

Produced by the Rural and Distance Education (RADE) database of the Queensland (Australia) Department of Education, this bibliography is designed to support research studies and to aid teachers, administrators, support personnel, and policy makers. The 1,965 citations, which include both monographs and journal articles (some of which are already…

A tour to obtain a broad picture of the state of development of adult education in cities of the United States, of Canada, of India, and of the United Kingdom is described. The objectives of the tour were to examine: (1) the provision made for residential adult education overseas (the U.S.); (2) the relationship between the various agencies…

The Broken Hill School of the Air provides distance education to isolated rural students in the far west of New South Wales (Australia). Services include correspondence study, radio lessons, home visits, and minischool meetings. A student teacher describes his 10-week experience with Broken Hill, teaching 15 students in grade 5-6. (SV)

In order to appraise the usefulness of instructional television (ITV) as the core component in instructional systems designed to meet the special needs of the educationally disadvantaged children of migrant farm workers, American Indians, and the inner-city poor, a study was made of the use of ITV programs to meet similar needs in other countries.…

This report of a study of 36 Australian families involved in distance education suggest ways to improve learning materials and cautions that more needs to be known about how children learn in isolation before new communication technologies can be used effectively. Researchers interviewed parents, pupils, and home tutors--mothers or governesses,…

This booklet is intended as a reference on the application of the technology of communication systems to distance education. An introductory section addresses the nature of the interaction imposed by use of various technologies. The next section overviews current telecommunications applications based on these major technologies: radio, television…

During 1985 the Education Department installed two-way radios in 44 remote secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, to improve turn-around time for correspondence assignments. Subsequently, teacher supervisors at Melbourne's Correspondence School sought ways to further augument audio interactivity with computer networking. Computer equipment was…

This issue of Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education Courier Service focuses on communications within the region. The first paper discusses development and communication and the training needs for workers in these areas. The next two items briefly address how broadcasting for nonformal education is being approached in Indonesia, which…