This is the first part of a two-part article giving an overview of the development and use of television and radio in British schools and an investigation of the current state of the country's broadcasting to schools. (Author)

Using satellites, developing countries can extend telecommunications to remote areas. Recent innovations in broadcasting enable local populations to participate in communications via radio. (SK)

Since Eritrea became independent in 1993, efforts have been underway to revise and update the conventional education curriculum. With a determination to quickly bridge the growing knowledge gap between Eritrea and the rest of the world, the Eritrean Government has decided on media education as a sustainable alternative. This choice is in line with…

This article reports on an initiative to explore the potential of using supplementary audio podcast material to reduce the anxiety caused by isolation and to promote a sense of inclusivity amongst both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying an information technology subject in external mode with Australia's largest provider of distance…

This article discusses the relationship between sound broadcasting and adult education, looking at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) during the period of postwar reconstruction and austerity of the 1950s. It considers in particular one of the Corporation's most innovative educative programmes of the period, "The Fifty-One…

Intended for anyone interested in providing children with a quality alternative to current children's broadcast programing, this report presents the results of a survey of radio listening habits and attitudes. The report's introduction describes development of a pilot radio program for children by Children's Audio Service (CAS) unit of the…

A general discussion of the status of educational radio in the United States. (HB)

Paper brings together available information on the cost of instructional radio and television and develops a methodology for analyzing that information. (Author)

The paper examines the suitability and effectiveness of the radio study group campaigns. The radio programs combine written study materials and group discussion under the guidance of a trained study leader. Ideological and pedagogical rationales, educational impact, coordination of resources, cost, and its success with illiteracy are discussed.…

The story of dual audio TV, a instructional medium combining instructional radio and commercial television. (Author)

A central argument for the existence of the South Carolina Educational Television Network (ETV) follows an economic theme. In the last three years ETV has conducted 319 teleconferences to provide specialized training for 74,000 people. The use of teleconferences during that period of time has provided services that could have cost the state eight…

This review of the literature addresses the issue of the fair use doctrine and its application to off-air taping of news and nonnews programs broadcast by radio and television. Conclusions drawn include: a temporary arrangement has yet to be reached between copyright proprietors and educators wishing to use copyrighted works for nonprofit,…