Technological alternatives in the evolution of present cable television systems into broadband communication networks (BCN) were assessed. Cost estimates were made for alternatives, and the impact of alternatives on BCN development was investigated. An historical study of cable television technology was made which related it to other…

A survey of the use of television in education in Britain presents the medium not as a revolutionary approach to instruction, but rather as a new facility through which the teacher can better achieve traditional educational aims. The medium is analyzed according to its ability to magnify, distribute vision instantaneously, store visual material,…

An historical record is presented of the processes by which the children's television program, Sesame Street, was created, developed, and implemented. Particular attention is focused on the concept of using a team of educational advisors, professional researchers, and television production specialists to blend the technology of television and the…

This is an initial examination of findings from laboratory and field studies done in Israel on the cognition-cultivating functions of media. The studies reasoned that highly explicit presentations of film-mediated operations can be imitated by observers, and that once imitated, they are internalized and can serve as modified mental skills. Two…

The material in this report consists of transcriptions of audiotapes of the general session speeches and the reports of the concurrent sessions of this conference. The topics of the six general session speeches were: the responsibility of the educational communicator in the political process, commercial television programing for children,…

The main objective of the Sesame Mother Pilot Project was to increase the effectiveness of the television program with preschool children in densely populated, low-income, inner-city areas. Volunteer Mothers selected from the inner-city areas of Los Angeles and Chicago were trained to conduct viewing sessions in their own homes. Following the…

This is the third in a series of bibliographies resulting from two decades of research on the use of television as a technical aid in education and in educational and psychological research. The works listed are all in German and appeared from 1960 through 1970. Four major sections include: (1) general problems, (2) television in schools, (3)…

The "Television Polytechnic" program of 1966 - 1970 was a joint effort of the Polish Ministry of Higher Education and Polish Television to provide televised education for working students. The subjects taught were those normally included in the first two years of the higher technical schools--math, physics, geometry, chemistry, mechanics…

Provides a discussion of the presentation of science programing on television. Television has not proven to be a medium receptive to the depiction of scientific enquiry, but the efforts currently being waged on a number of fronts may soon pay off. (BB)

The Anik-B Project is part of the two-year communications experiments for which the Anik-B satellite is being used. The project was designed to explore the possibilities of using Interactive Instructional Television (IITV) to provide distance postsecondary education for people living in widely scattered and sometimes inaccessible areas of British…

THESE 1964 PROCEEDINGS INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) ACADEMIC ADVISING, BY TEACHERS AND BY COUNSELORS, (2) PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR INSTRUCTORS, (3) A STATEWIDE TV TEACHING EXPERIMENT, (4) THE BENEFITS OF A REMEDIAL READING COURSE FOR STUDENTS ON PROBATION, (5) A COMMUNICATIONS CLINIC TO CORRECT LANGUAGE DEFICIENCIES ON AN…

A 1965-66 SURVEY OF STATE SUPERVISORS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WAS DESIGNED TO LEARN ABOUT CURRENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION TO CITING THE GENERAL EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 26 RESPONDENTS, THE REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC "LIVE" OR COMMERCIALLY…

AN ASSESSMENT WAS MADE OF THE EXTENT, STRENGTH, AND WEAKNESS OF CLASSROOM LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES THROUGH TELEVISION. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED BY MAIL, THROUGH VISITING 16 LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN 15 AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, AND BY INTERVIEWS WITH TELEVISION AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TELEVISION PROGRAM DIRECTORS, AND STUDENTS.…

Guidelines are presented for establishing large television centers in health science education institutions. Television distribution systems are described, and staff, equipment, space and budgetary requirements are discussed. Included are: (1) a proposed chart of organizational development and job descriptions; (2) suggested equipment purchases;…

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) made a study of British children and the mass media. Statistics were gathered by the BBC Audience Research Department from January to March of 1973. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of television and radio in the lives of children under the age of 15, to describe the aims and range of…