Summarizes survey findings and conclusions about students (N=46) who enrolled for credit in two telecourses offered during the 1980 fall semester by Indiana University. (DC)

Describes the French language television program conducted during the last 10 years at Sarre University and evaluates its results. Emphasizes that the TV courses are the main component of the spoken French curriculum and discusses the teaching methods evolved specifically for television instruction, especially those intended to develop…

A videotaped presentation was produced as a collaborative effort involving university professors, students, and field center faculty members. The following items are addressed: production development, the summative assessment checklist, program segments, product utilization, assessment steps and participant reactions. (Author)

A description is given of a five-year program at Dartmouth College that develops and encourages the use of all forms of technology in every academic department and program. (MK)

Results of an experimental study to compare telelecture with traditional lecture methods in a teacher education program. (Editor/TA)

Describes the construction and operation of a moveable videotape studio that is used in a chemistry laboratory to illustrate laboratory skills and experiments. (MLH)

Describes the distance education program developed at the University of South Carolina's College of Library and Information Science that is delivered primarily via telecommunications. A history of televised instruction in South Carolina is provided, and distance education students are compared with traditional students. (LRW)

Describes and evaluates a course dealing with Irish history presented through closed-circuit television at the University of Connecticut (Storrs). Explores the use of televised instruction as a means of teaching history to undergraduates. Reports that this approach, supplemented by a live interactive component, was deemed successful by students…

Discusses Poland's Radio and Television University for Teachers (NURT), a research unit (Institute of Teacher Training) in the field of in-service education and teacher training. Examines the elements and functions of NURT's teaching system; describes efforts to modify the system; and discusses teachers' assessments of NURT's methods. (GEA)

Data were gathered through evaluation surveys completed by students in two sections of an undergraduate interdisciplinary course which was taught using an interactive instructional television (ITV) system and instructional style inventories completed by both instructors. Results indicated that students rate ITV systems and instructors separately…

A nursing class taught through distance education is discussed from the perspectives of the telecommunications faculty, on- and off-campus nursing faculty, and the department head. Review of course grades shows that off-campus students (n=26) earned higher grades than on-campus students (n=24). On-campus students rated teacher effectiveness more…

Interactive instructional television was used to deliver employability skills to remote cooperative education students, solving problems with earlier delivery methods. Distance students had relatively the same grades as on-campus students and they noted few disadvantages, related primarily to disconnection/isolation. (SK)

The purpose of this study was to describe experiences of graduates of an off-campus agriculture degree program. Additionally, selected teaching variables and attitudes related to agricultural courses delivered by videotape are described. Objectives were as follows: (1) describe selected variables related by graduates of an off-campus professional…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cooperative learning and type of reward on performance and continuing motivation. Subjects used either a cooperative or individual learning strategy while receiving information, examples, practice, and feedback from an instructional television lesson. Subjects (126 undergraduate education…

Three principal conclusions were reached by a study of the potential for cable television at Stanford University in connection with its use in the surrounding community: (1) Stanford residents should have an opportunity to receive cable television services soon; (2) beyond residential cable service, a broadband cable system offers Stanford many…