With the Open University now in full operation, integrated multimedia teaching may be thought to be coming into it own in the adult education field. (Journal/EB)

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)

This report on the organization, development, and dissemination of educational and commercial radio and television programs by the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company includes some of the research being done at the Open University. A planned reorganization of Sveriges Radio into two separate television channels and several channels for local…

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK--Japan Broadcasting Company) is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan. It is financed entirely with receivers' fees paid by television and radio set owners. NHK conducts a variety of educational broadcast activities. Two services provided by NHK are the Gauken senior high school correspondence program…

Continuing education professionals have long been interested in telecommunications media because of their potential value in extending instruction to distant students. The first mass medium to offer a timely means of distance instruction was open-broadcast radio. During the 1920s and 1930s, 13 United States colleges offered credit courses over the…

THIS DOUCUMENT DESCRIBES THE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM STANDARDS FOR JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (NHK). NHK PROVIDES ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ARE OFFERED, AS ARE VOCATIONAL AND SOCIAL EDUCATION COURSES. (MS)

As a case study of the potential of teaching from a distance for technical and vocational training, the author has described the new, experimental Mauritius College of the Air, located on an island in the Indian Ocean, which promotes education through radio and television broadcasts, correspondence, and occasional face-to-face tuition. (EA)

This study investigated the use of electronic instructional media, including educational television, radio, newspapers and instructional audiotapes, to deliver postsecondary instruction to adults in California in remote or nonacademic settings; the inquiry was confined to credit instruction sponsored by California colleges and universities and the…

An overview of the full range of educational broadcasts offered by Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) is presented. Nippon Hoso Kyokai, which translates to English as Japan Broadcasting Company, is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan; it operates two AM radio networks, one FM network, and two television networks and is completely…

Presented is an overview of the full range of educational and cultural broadcasts offered by Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK). NHK, or the Japan Broadcasting Company, is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan. It produces instructional programs from the kindergarten level to high school via its television and radio network. These…

Discusses the use of distance learning, defined as any form of individualized learning which is conducted by a tutor separated from the student by great distances, noting the use of television, radio, correspondence courses, and implications for library services in the Pacific Islands. (EJS)