New developments in technology, irrespective of the fields. These have a potential role to play in the field of education and training, especially distance education, to transform it into an interactive paradigm. These can provide education beyond the boundaries of a nation and/or state making it accessible to learners at their own pace. These are…

This resource guide, prepared by the California Technology Project Distance Learning Task Force, is designed to introduce the K-12 educator to the rapidly growing field of distance education, i.e., using technology to link students to teachers. It is argued that this guide offers the state of California the chance to use its educational resources…

The purpose of these hearings was to review the progress in Mississippi of two programs (Star Schools and Chapter 1, both initiated under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) which use technology in order to provide instructional programs for economically disadvantaged students in rural schools. Included are testimonies of administrators…

The Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned Educational Technology Associates to conduct a study on the educational use of satellites for the Commonwealth Secretariat's Education Program. The study had the following aims: (1) to identify the policy issues that need to be addressed by ministries of education, universities, and other educational…

Critics of higher education complain that universities and broadcast television fail to meet the needs of adult learners. The creation by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1979 of a project in adult learning was an attempt to make both television and educators more responsive to adult learners. However, the result of this project and…

The purpose of this report is to provide both formative and summative results concerning the 1990 academic year operation of the Eastern Iowa Community College District's (EICCD) Televised Interactive Education (TIE) system. The TIE system is composed of a two-way microwave connection whereby two colleges and one university are able to produce and…

Ways that technology is being integrated into the instructional and administrative operation of U.S. colleges are considered, along with the application of one of the technologies, microwave, to adult learning opportunities. Changing demographics relating to adult learners over the next 10 to 15 years are identified. Eight projects applying…

Background information on the use of telecourses across the nation and, specifically, in Arkansas is provided in this report along with recommendations for policies and procedures relative to the use of telecourses by Arkansas colleges and universities. After tracing national trends in the acceptance of telecourses, an overview is provided of what…

Changes and development in Chinese television (CCTV) over the past 28 years have had profound effects on Chinese society. National News, which has the biggest television audience, has enabled the populace to know what is happening in China. Educational programming is given high priority through special telecourses presented for society in general,…

Rapid technological advances will double America's information system every 8 years. As a result, adults in and out of the work force will need continual updating of the information and skills they use in all aspects of life. Of the current 58.4 million adults engaged in some form of organized education, only 12.4 million are attending colleges or…

This paper describes the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) program, a closed-circuit educational television system in which classes originating on the California State University, Chico (CSUC) campus are simultaneously broadcast live to various ITFS sites within Northeastern California. Following an introduction, the first section…

Articles in this collection are concerned with (1) broadcast radio and television and how these media change people's living and learning styles; (2) instructional uses of telecommunications; (3) interconnections of several kinds including satellites, teleconferencing, and cabled campuses; and (4) "how to do it" dealing with both the uses for…

The Appalachian Education Satellite Project is designed to apply communications satellite technology to the task of improving the quality of education in Appalachia. The report describes attitudinal responses of the participating teachers to the various learning activities, the delivery system, and the equipment that were used in the course,…

This collection of essays by expert thinkers in the field of public broadcasting explores some of the many policy questions facing public broadcasting over the next decade. Among the topics dealt with in the 18 essays are: public radio, instructional television, public involvement, financing, research problems, production problems and the role of…

An appendix to a staff paper on telecommunications in urban development, submitted to the President's Task Force on Communications Policy, describes possible uses of new communications technology in the ghetto. Television, the most widely spread and most promising medium, has potential for improving education, increasing community awareness, and…