The purpose of this study, conducted in 1976, was to update and extend the 1974 survey entitled "Student Use of Open University Broadcasting" or the Bates Report. It was also intended to assist broadcast policy and planning decisions and to furnish individual course teams with summative evaluation data on student use of broadcasting. The…

This study exploring ways in which educational technology might be used to provide better schools for less money focuses on technological applications utilizing instructional radio, instructional television, computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, and programmed instruction. Based on a review of the literature on the costs and…

The material in this bulletin provides a nationally representative sample of base line data on the availability of television (TV) and other technologies in the classroom. Information is presented for all public schools, by elementary and secondary levels, on four matters: 1) the percentage of schools possessing TV receivers, videotape recorders…

Description of research activities in the field of instructional technology in Latin America highlights distance education, microcomputers, educational radio, learning strategies and study habits, and instructional development models and design of textbooks. Problem areas discussed include students' role, cognitive styles, and effectiveness, and…

This article reviews the advantages and disadvantages of various delivery modes for distance education, including correspondence courses, radio, television or satellite-delivered instruction, teleconferencing, computer conferencing or electronic networking, and audiotex. Results are presented from a review of literature, interviews with experts in…

This document, which examines the use of educational technologies for distance education for adults in Canada, consists of five narrative sections and a bibliography. The first section introduces the topic and the document's objectives (to describe those technologies used in Canadian adult distance education, paying particular attention to those…

The state-of-the-art of three technological capabilities (i.e., audio, computer, and video) is discussed and descriptions of some interesting applications in rural and small schools are provided. Audio and audiographic technologies discussed include radio and telephone as well as voice-grade telephone lines which facilitate transmission of visual…

Developments leading to the establishment of a committee on distance education for Western Canadian universities are reported in proceedings of meetings, a steering committee report, and a proposal. An invitational meeting was held in April 1981 to consider: the state of the art on the use of electronic communications media, consortia arrangements…

This document reviews one year of the Radio Mathematics Project (RMP), seen as a promising medium of instruction within the developing world. The major intent of this report is to share information early in the life of the project with those interested in educational development. The work of Stanford University and the Nicaraguan Ministry of…

Scripts of public radio programs on the subject of technology in college are presented. The scripts are as follows: "Dental Videotape;""A Geography Student Talks About Learning by Computers;""Linda Harris Talks About Fear of Computers;""Charles Van Loan, Who Teaches Computer Science at Cornell…

This bibliography provides a classified arrangement of a representative cross-section of the literature in the area of research in instructional media. Nearly 3,500 references are included in such fields as computer-assisted instruction, films, individualized instruction, instructional technology, management of information, mass media, media…

The Open University (OU), an advanced multimedia instructional system, was established by the British government to provide university and professional education to those with the ability to continue their education by study in their own time, and particularly to those who could not otherwise obtain education at a university. This overview…

This presentation, through examples and practical suggestions, shows how systematic design can make instructional telecommunications more effective and efficient. There are several approaches to the design of systematic instruction; one example is the system used by Kentucky Educational Television in an instructional series preparing adults for…

Optimistic approach to mass communication use in education in 1960s has not been confirmed by accomplishments in education for reasons both internal to educational systems and linked with technological changes in society. A more global and cultural approach should be taken in the creation and exploration of new configurations. (Author/MBR)

The rising demand over the past 2 years for interactive radio instruction (IRI) in Papua New Guinea has been unexpected and has come primarily from educators who have seen the difference it can make in the classroom. This enthusiasm was unexpected because it was not clear at the end of the Papua New Guinea Radio Science Project in 1990 how…