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Nevins, C. Louis; Wright, Leslie J. – 1984
Designed to assist California State University at Chico (CSU) faculty to utilize educational television effectively for long-distance instruction, this handbook provides suggestions, procedures, and production techniques for successful television teaching. A brief introduction discusses the interactive nature of educational television at CSU.…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Aids, College Faculty, Distance Education
Fenster, Eric – 1982
The effects of college attendance by working adults on educational motivations of their children were studied. A total of 740 parents in the Detroit area who attended a college program combining in-home televised instruction with weekend decentralized seminars were surveyed along with 211 of their children and 75 respondents from Kansas City. Many…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Attitude Change, Black Students
Brown, Laurence A., Jr. – 1982
The degree to which early enrollees in an adult distance learning program elected to take these courses rather than to enroll in traditional on-campus programs was assessed, along with the effects of participation on enrollees' ensuing behaviors and attitudes toward continuing education. The State University of Nebraska (SUN) Program was initiated…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Competition, Consortia
Eggert, John D. – 1975
Learners enrolled in multimedia courses offered by the State University of Nebraska (SUN) during its fall 1974 and spring 1975 offerings are described. This report consists of four sections. The first provides an overview of the courses--Accounting I, Introductory Psychology, Making It Count (Computers), and Consumer Experience. The second section…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age, Aspiration
Bryan, Donna; Forman, David C. – 1976
General demographic characteristics of State University of Nebraska (SUN) learners are reported, based on information drawn from the registration form and the Student Information Questionnaire. Thirteen tables are presented with data on: median age of SUN learners; distribution of sexes; marital status; family status; annual income; size of town…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age, Aspiration
Bryan, Donna; Forman, David C. – 1977
Based on a period of two and one-half years, during which the State University of Nebraska (SUN) has offered 15 multimedia courses to Nebraska learners, this report offers a statistical summary of student characteristics. The courses offered include: Accounting I, Accounting II, Adams Chronicles, American Economy, Anyone for Tennyson, Classic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age, Aspiration
Sell, G. Roger – 1975
In this working paper and executive summary, focus is on procedures to be used in cost-effectiveness studies of the University of Mid-America/State University of Nebraska (UMA/SUN) delivery system of open learning. Two major questions are addressed: Should cost-effectiveness studies be undertaken, and if so, what kind of studies? The planning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
MILLER, LEWIS, ED. – 1967
THE PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ARE PRESENTED AS BACKGROUND TO THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TV IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AS WELL AS FOR ADULT EDUCATION. ETV SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMING INCLUDING SATELLITE SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED. QUESTIONS OF BALANCE AND STUDIO TEACHING ARE RAISED UNDER THE SUBJECT OF TEACHING TEAMS. SOURCES…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Closed Circuit Television, Communications Satellites
Browne, Duff; Smith, Mary Howard – 1967
Committees were used to test the hypothesis that interinstitutional co-operation can facilitate more effective use of instructional media in higher education in the South. The principal areas of concern were (l) administrative arrangements for a regional cooperative program, (2) special problems of curriculum inherent in an interinstitutional…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, College Faculty
Mayo, G. Douglas; And Others – 1978
The Memphis State University Center for Instructional Service and Research was evaluated in a survey of faculty members. Considered were the importance of each of the 19 functions performed by the center, how well each function was carried out, and what could be done to improve performance in each of the 19 areas. The evaluation project aimed to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Media, Educational Television, Faculty Development
Tunstall, Jeremy, Ed. – 1974
Conceived by the British Labor Government in the 1960's the Open University was viewed as a way to extend higher education to Britain's working class, but enrollment figures in classes that represent traditional academic disciplines show that the student population is predominantly middle class. Bringing education into the home presents numerous…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Faculty, College Students, Correspondence Study
Ayman, Iraj – 1974
Largely as a result of inadequate research and periods of rapid reform and social development, many educational innovations in Iran have been introduced through political motives. They rarely brought about significant changes in the conceptual framework, methodology, or basic principles of education, but rather modified its operation. The author…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Facilities
Mullally, Donald P. – 1973
This survey of the potential applications of cable television (CATV) at the University of Illinois presents brief overviws of 14 possible kinds of services which might be derived from a CATV system. The purpose of the document is to encourage the development of basic planning for a cable system and to provide information useful to the university's…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Closed Circuit Television, Data Processing, Digital Computers
Hawkridge, David G. – 1973
The British Open University is described in the first section of this paper as a multi-media system for teaching at a distance. Details are provided on the texts and other materials mailed to the students, the radio and television broadcasts provided by the British Broadcasting Company, and on the auxiliary sources of assistance offered to the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Study, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Thompson, Malcolm H.; Rameau, Jonathan D. – 1997
This program guide is meant to help teachers assist their students in viewing the six-part public television series, "Stephen Hawking's Universe." The guide features program summaries that give background information and brief synopses of the programs; previewing activities that familiarize students with the subject; vocabulary that…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Earth Science, Educational Television, Higher Education
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