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)

"How a new facility in Richmond is used to teach course and lab content." (Editor)

"A proposal for basic reforms in higher education to meet today's needs." (Editor)

All sides of the issue are examined in the course of a dialogue between four members of the Centre for Educational Television Overseas. (LS)

Describes seven different instructional strategies that can be used in designing videodisc programs that best take advantage of disc attributes. Instructions for producing a premaster tape and a discussion of what video productions should look like are provided. (MER)

The introduction of literature through topic parallels in popular commercial television produces gratifying results, making students feel more at ease, more confident, more able to participate, and more willing to enter the new world of literature. (Author/CMV)

Describes the development and field-testing of Cornerstones, an approach to classroom literacy instruction for young deaf children that utilizes an educational television program and other engaging media components. Focuses on word-knowledge aspect, because of its influence on the development of background knowledge and reading comprehension.…

Presents five responses from practicing teachers to the question, "How do you incorporate commercial and/or public television in your English curriculum?" (HB)

This study examines individual growth rates in phonological awareness and letter-word identification skills over an academic year for 150 Latino English-language learners. In October, February, and June of their kindergarten year, participants completed standardized measures of phonological awareness skills. Before the second and third…

A statewide survey of classroom teachers was conducted to determine curricular applications of instructional television (ITV) in Maryland. The stratified random sample utilized consisted of 62% elementary, 17% middle, and 21% secondary school teachers; the usable response rate was 59.1% and consisted of 618 teachers. The following questions were…

This lecture considers the effectiveness of television as a medium for distance education in light of the experiences of the Open University in Great Britain. The main theses of the paper are that television is an important component of high quality open and distance education, but only when its unique teaching characteristics are exploited, and…