This article suggests using both Spanish and English television commercials to stimulate classroom dialogue and language practice. Drills can be contextualized if based on these commercials and the films can stimulate socio-cultural conversations in the target language. (CHK)

The authors describe the University of Maryland's response to the training needs of instructional television faculty and students. The faculty training program consists of a orientation program featuring a videotape. The student training program is a package including a videotape and a student handbook to be used by off-campus students. (CH)

Offers an overview of the use of instructional technologies in elementary and secondary education, summarizing study findings showing the widespread use of various methods. Stresses the teacher's role in using technology effectively. Presents examples of innovative models currently in use. (DMM)

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.…

How a videotape helps classroom teachers understand instructional television utilization. (Author)

Teaching techniques based on the use of tools and materials at hand for creative student productions are combined with a district-wide instructional TV project for art education at the elementary level. (EJS)

A progress report on an experiment being conducted in Ottawa to assess the feasibility of on-demand retrieval of audiovisual teaching aids as an alternative to conventional broadcast educational television." (Author/LS)

Research performed under grant from the U.S. Office of Education.

Infants' School teachers in England and Wales were questioned on their use of educational television. Teachers use language and general interest series extensively, and mathematics series to a much less extent, but they do not incorporate these series into the curriculum. (AM)

Details about SZAMOK, the International Computer Education Center in Hungary, are given. Computer education programs produced by SZAMOK are widely used in Hungary at different universities, high schools, and training centers. Television is seen as a very effective, flexible, and economical multi-purpose tool for the training of computer…

Describes a social psychology course on the college level which was based on a 17 episode television series, "The Prisoner". Evaluation of the course indicated that student interest was high and that many students used the television series and course content as a means for self-counseling. (Author/DB)

Describes the Education Network of Maine, an interactive television system which uses one-way video and two-way audio to provide an interactive connection between the seven campuses of the University of Maine. Highlights ways of personalizing distance learning instruction, strategies for increasing student-teacher interaction, and the value of…