THE USEFULNESS OF A MULTIVARIATE PARADIGM FOR RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS EXPLORED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS WAS CONCEPTUALIZED AS FOUR CLUSTERS OF INTERACTING VARIABLES--LEARNER, ENVIRONMENTAL, INSTRUCTOR, AND COURSE VARIABLES. THESE VARIABLES ARE DESIGNATED AS THE "INSTRUCTIONAL GESTALT." FOR METHODOLOGICAL…

CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION WERE PRESENTED. A CASE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AT AN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE FACULTY RESPONSE TO INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION (ITV). AN ASSESSMENT WAS MADE OF (1) THE DEGREE OF SYMPATHY AND ANTIPATHY EXPRESSED TOWARD THE INNOVATION, (2) THE "GENERAL BELIEF SYSTEM" AND…

Television has not delivered mass educational gains for large numbers of students, reports one director of development projects at the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting. Experiences with the British Open University, the University of Mid-America, and public television are discussed. (LBH)

Describes several currently operating interactive video programs (the TAGER network in north Texas and Kirkwood Community College, Iowa) and noninteractive video programs (Colorado State University and the University of Minnesota) being utilized by higher education institutions in the United States to teach students unable to attend classes on…

The Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project, a 15-year plan to integrate telecommunications and advanced technology with higher education is discussed. Viewer-students can sign up with local colleges to earn academic credits. (Author/MLW)

Adults have increasing flexibility in taking advantage of college courses in their homes, since most U.S. public television stations broadcast television courses each semester. Most of the students for television courses are older than traditional college students, female, and employed. (Author/MLW)

In a controlled experiment, students in two sections of introductory sociology were exposed either to conventional classroom lectures or to identical lectures broadcast live in an adjacent room on a television monitor. Class attendance and learning under the two modes were statistically equivalent. The findings confirm those of past studies.…

The Higher Education Utilization Study conducted in 1979 and 1980 looked at television, radio, and audio. Information about current uses of television and radio by institutions of higher education and opinions about the factors that affect these uses was analyzed. (MLW)

This study evaluated the use of video production supplements in an upper-level applied microeconomics course. The presentation mode was interactive viewing. With respect to economic understanding, users and nonusers of the videos did about equally well. However, the user group did not exhibit the frequently reported negative attitude toward…

College students enrolled in a microeconomics course enthusiastically responded to the use of interactive video tapes. The tapes varied in length from 5 to 40 minutes and covered all the major topics in the course. The advantages of an interactive video program are discussed. (RM)

The use of video technology for delivering graduate engineering education to professionals where they work. (Author/LS)

This document provides a start-up guide to video and videoconferencing in distance education. The first section provides and introduction to video technologies for distance education, including advantages and disadvantages. The second section covers traditional videoconferencing, including equipment and costs, videoconferencing tips, room and…

This book outlines factors and practices that directly and indirectly influence the adjustment, learning, and development of distance education students. The book also provides a detailed overview of student affairs responses to distant student needs, stressing the importance of building communities at a distance, and using a case study to…

A description of a project to construct a mobile TV taping truck to augment an existing on-campus closed-circuit system at the University of Tennessee and extend higher education to the general public. (Author/HB)

An overview of the Open Universitie's graduate courses and the potential for growth within the program. (HB)